scholarly journals Femtosecond laser fabricated all-optical fiber sensors with ultrahigh refractive index sensitivity: modeling and experiment

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (18) ◽  
pp. 17591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Jiang ◽  
Longjiang Zhao ◽  
Sumei Wang ◽  
Jinpeng Yang ◽  
Hai Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensors ◽  
Refractive Index Sensitivity ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Index Sensitivity

The effect of ALD-grown Al2O3on the refractive index sensitivity of CVD gold-coated optical fiber sensors

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (43) ◽  
pp. 434002 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Mandia ◽  
Wenjun Zhou ◽  
Matthew J Ward ◽  
Howie Joress ◽  
Jeffrey J Sims ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensors ◽  
Refractive Index Sensitivity ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
Index Sensitivity

Fabrication of Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Femtosecond Laser Micro Machining

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengfeng Zhou ◽  
Seunghwan Jo ◽  
Xingyu Fu ◽  
Jung-Ting Tsai ◽  
Martin Byung-Guk Jun
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Refractive Index Change ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensors ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Machining Parameters ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
The Core ◽  
First Time

Abstract In this research, we proposed fabrication process of optical fiber sensors using femtosecond laser and their applications. A beam of femtosecond laser was focused by an objective lens in the optical fiber. By testing different conditions, a group of machining parameters was found that achieve a minimum machining resolution of 3.2 μm. To ablate the core of the optical fiber, which is buried deep inside the cladding, precisely, part of the cladding was removed to expose the core as close as possible to the air. By making a complex pattern to modify the optical path of the laser inside an optical fiber, a sensitivity of 942.8–1015.6 nm per refractive index unit (nm/RIU) was obtained for liquid refractive index sensing. For another sensor, a sensitivity of 1.38 × 105 nm/RIU was obtained, which is high enough to detect small amount of refractive index change of air. It is known to be the first time that we fabricated a complex microstructure in an optical fiber to modify the propagation of the light using femtosecond laser. This research shows the possibility of a complex modification of light in an optical fiber using laser machining.

scholarly journals Highly Sensitive Refractive Index Optical Fiber Sensors Fabricated by a Femtosecond Laser

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 1189-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinpeng Yang ◽  
Lan Jiang ◽  
Sumei Wang ◽  
Qianghua Chen ◽  
Benye Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensors ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
Highly Sensitive

Fabrication of Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Femtosecond Laser Micro Machining

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengfeng Zhou ◽  
Seunghwan Jo ◽  
Xingyu Fu ◽  
Martin Byung-Guk Jun ◽  
Jung-Ting Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Refractive Index Change ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensors ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Machining Parameters ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
The Core ◽  
First Time

Abstract In this research, we proposed fabrication process of optical fiber sensors using femtosecond laser and their applications. A beam of femtosecond laser was focused by an objective lens on the optical fiber. By testing different conditions, a group of machining parameters was found that achieve a minimum machining resolution of 3.2 μm. To ablate the core of the optical fiber, which is buried deep inside the cladding, precisely, part of the cladding was removed to expose the core as close as possible to the air. By making a complex pattern to modify the optical path of the laser inside an optical fiber, a sensitivity of 942.8 to 1015.6 nm/RIU was obtained for liquid refractive index sensing. For another sensor, a sensitivity of 1.38 × 105 nm/RIU was obtained which is high enough to detect small amount of refractive index change of air. It is known to be the first time that we fabricated a complex microstructure in an optical fiber to modify the propagation of the light using femtosecond laser. This research shows the possibility of a complex modification of light in an optical fiber using laser machining.

scholarly journals Optical Fiber Sensors by Direct Laser Processing: A Review

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 6971
Author(s):  
David Pallarés-Aldeiturriaga ◽  
Pablo Roldán-Varona ◽  
Luis Rodríguez-Cobo ◽  
José Miguel López-Higuera
Keyword(s):  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Laser Processing ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensors ◽  
Femtosecond Laser Irradiation ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Rayleigh Backscattering ◽  
Direct Laser

The consolidation of laser micro/nano processing technologies has led to a continuous increase in the complexity of optical fiber sensors. This new avenue offers novel possibilities for advanced sensing in a wide set of application sectors and, especially in the industrial and medical fields. In this review, the most important transducing structures carried out by laser processing in optical fiber are shown. The work covers different types of fiber Bragg gratings with an emphasis in the direct-write technique and their most interesting inscription configurations. Along with gratings, cladding waveguide structures in optical fibers have reached notable importance in the development of new optical fiber transducers. That is why a detailed study is made of the different laser inscription configurations that can be adopted, as well as their current applications. Microcavities manufactured in optical fibers can be used as both optical transducer and hybrid structure to reach advanced soft-matter optical sensing approaches based on optofluidic concepts. These in-fiber cavities manufactured by femtosecond laser irradiation followed by chemical etching are promising tools for biophotonic devices. Finally, the enhanced Rayleigh backscattering fibers by femtosecond laser dots inscription are also discussed, as a consequence of the new sensing possibilities they enable.

High Performance Molecular Detection Biosensor Using Plasmonic Spiral Nanoantenna Based on Optical Fiber

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 715-720
Author(s):  
Ali Elrashidi
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Cholesterol Oxidase ◽  
Surrounding Medium ◽  
Optical Power ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Peak Wavelength ◽  
Refractive Index Sensitivity ◽  
Reflected Signal ◽  
Index Sensitivity

Biomedical sensor that sense different molecules with a high refractive index sensitivity is proposed in this work. Plasmonic nanospiral antenna is mounted on a top surface of an optical fiber to reflect the incident optical signal back to the fiber. The reflected signal depends on the nanospiral antenna material, dimensions and the surrounding medium. Using streptavidin molecule, the nanospiral antenna have been simulated based on finite difference time domain method to optimize its dimensions. The optimum dimensions are 10 nm, 55 nm and 40 nm for inner-outer thicknesses and height respectively. The introduced biosensor can detect different molecules based on surface plasmonic resonance, which depends on the shifting of the peak wavelength according to the molecules type. The detected molecules are Streptavidin, Urease, Uricase molecules and Glucose oxidase and Cholesterol oxidase enzymes with a high sensitivity. The maximum refractive index sensitivity is obtained when sensing cholesterol oxidase molecules with 3028 nm/RIU at 3.58 μm peak wavelength. Figure of merit and quality factor are also calculated for all detected molecules. Finally, electric field and optical power, before and after binding, of the reflected signal are illustrated and discussed.

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