Ammonia Gas Sensor Based on Graphene Oxide-Coated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Hybrid Fiber Structure

被引:14
作者
Fan, Xiaofeng [1 ]
Deng, Shuying [1 ]
Wei, Zhongchao [1 ]
Wang, Faqiang [1 ]
Tan, Chunhua [1 ]
Meng, Hongyun [1 ]
机构
[1] South China Normal Univ, Sch Informat & Optoelect Sci & Engn, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Nanophoton Funct Mat & Dev, Guangzhou 510006, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
fiber sensor; graphene oxide; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; gas sensing; ammonia gas; OPTICAL-FIBER; MICROFIBER; ADSORPTION; FILM;
D O I
10.3390/s21113886
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A graphene oxide-coated in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) formed with a multimode fiber-thin core fiber-multimode fiber (MMF-TCF-MMF) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for ammonia gas (NH3) sensing. The MZI structure is composed of two segments of MMF of length 2 mm, with a flame-tapered TCF between them as the sensing arm. The MMFs act as mode couplers to split and recombine light owing to the core diameter mismatch with the other fibers. A tapered TCF is formed by the flame melting taper method, resulting in evanescent wave leakage. A layer of graphene oxide (GO) is applied to the tapered region of the TCF to achieve gas adsorption. The sensor operates on the principle of changing the effective refractive index of the cladding mode of a fiber through changing the conductivity of the GO coating by adsorbed NH3 molecules, which gives rise to a phase shift and shows as the resonant dip shifts in the transmission spectrum. So the concentration of the ammonia gas can be obtained by measuring the dip shift. A wavelength-shift sensitivity of 4.97 pm/ppm with a linear fit coefficient of 98.9% is achieved for ammonia gas concentrations in the range of 0 to 151 ppm. In addition, we performed a repetitive dynamic response test on the sensor by charging/releasing NH3 at concentration of 200 ppm and a relative humidity test in a relative humidity range of 35% to 70%, which demonstrates the reusability and stability of the sensor.
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