A photonic crystal fibre tip refractometer based on multimode interference

Pengfei Wang, Ming Ding, Lin Bo, Yuliya Semenova, Gilberto Brambilla, Gerald Farrell

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Abstract

A compact singlemode-photonic crystal fibre-singlemode fibre tip (SPST) refractive index sensor is demonstrated in this paper. A CO2 laser cleaving is exploited to provide a clean-cut fibre tip which is then coated by a layer of gold to increase reflection. An average sensitivity of 39.1 nm/RIU and a resolvable index change of 2.56×10-4 are obtained experimentally with a ∼3.2 μm diameter SPST. Because of its compactness, ease of fabrication, linear response, high sensitivity, easy connectivity to other fibreized optical components and low cost, this refractometer could find various applications in chemical and biological sensing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Print)9781628411751
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors - Santander, Spain
Duration: 2 Jun 20146 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9157
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySantander
Period2/06/146/06/14

Keywords

  • Fibre half taper
  • Fibre optic sensor
  • Modes interference
  • Photonic crystal fibre
  • Refractometer

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