基于侧边抛磨光纤表面等离子体共振的折射率和温度传感研究

用轮式侧边抛磨法制作侧边抛磨光纤,通过磁控溅射法溅射金膜制成侧边抛磨光纤表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器,并通过理论和实验对传感器的折射率灵敏度以及温度特性做了深入研究。结果表明表面等离子体共振波长随待测样品折射率的增大向长波长方向漂移,平均折射率灵敏度为4.1×103 nm/RIU(RIU为单位折射率),高于已报道的结果;共振波长随待测样品温度的升高向短波长方向漂移,平均温度灵敏度为0.36nm/℃,故该光纤SPR传感器具有更强抗温度漂移能力和更高的高折射率灵敏度,其在生物化学传感领域有重要的应用。     

基于全相位滤波技术的光纤表面等离子体共振传感解调算法

基于生物样品检测对折射率传感的迫切需求,构建一种全光纤表面等离子体共振(surface plasmon resonance,SPR)系统,并针对其设计了基于全相位滤波技术的SPR特征波长传感解调算法.基于系统仿真,理论计算了光纤SPR传感器的折射率传感灵敏度.采用全相位滤波技术提取光纤SPR传感器透射光谱的特征波长,理论推导了全相位滤波器的解析表达式.实验结果表明,使用本算法的光纤SPR传感器折射率传感灵敏度为1640.4 nm/RIU,折射率检测的分辨率是7.36×10~(-4)RIU,与传统方法相比,有效提高了系统的检测精度和抗光源扰动性能,降低了实验成本.     

基于表面等离子体共振和定向耦合的光子晶体光纤传感器

设计了一种具有较大动态检测范围的新型光子晶体光纤折射率传感器。光子晶体光纤中一个空气孔镀上金纳米薄膜作为表面等离子体共振传感通道用来检测低于石英基底材料的液体折射率,一个空气孔填充待测液体作为定向耦合器通道用于检测高于石英基底材料的折射率。该传感器可以实现折射率为1.32~1.52范围内的检测,且具有较高的传感灵敏度。在各向异性的完美匹配层(PML)下利用全矢量有限元法(FEM)对该传感器特性进行了数值研究,结果表明:在1.32~1.44和1.46~1.52的折射率范围该折射率传感器灵敏度最高分别可达13500 nm/RIU和28700 nm/RIU,RIU为折射率单位。     

基于表面等离子体共振和定向耦合的D形光子晶体光纤折射率和温度传感器

利用光子晶体光纤结构的灵活性和性能的优越性, 设计了一种基于D形光子晶体光纤的折射率和温度传感器. 在D形光子晶体光纤表面抛磨并镀上金纳米薄膜, 作为表面等离子体共振传感通道用来测量液体折射率; 在包层的一个空气孔中填充温敏液体甲苯, 作为定向耦合通道实现对温度的测量. 进一步的数值计算发现, 基于定向耦合效应的温度传感和基于表面等离子体共振的折射率传感相互独立, D形光子晶体光纤同时进行折射率和温度传感检测. 在各向异性的完美匹配层边界条件下利用全矢量有限元法对该传感器特性进行了数值研究, 发现D形光子晶体光纤的空气孔直径决定了定向耦合吸收峰的中心波长和温度传感的灵敏度, 金薄膜的厚度和D形结构的抛磨深度仅影响表面等离子体共振峰的相对强度. 结果表明: 该传感器在-10–80 ℃的温度范围内具有11.6 nm/℃的温度灵敏度, 在1.34–1.44折射率范围内折射率灵敏度最高可达26000 nm/RIU.     

侧边抛磨光纤的光谱调制型表面等离子体共振传感研究

表面等离子体共振传感是基于光学消逝波与金属表面等离子体波共振的一种高灵敏度、快速、无标记的测量方式。光纤的表面等离子体共振传感具有在线测量、体积小、抗电磁干扰等优点。为提高折射率传感灵敏度,采用轮式侧边抛磨法抛磨掉多模光纤的全部包层和部分纤芯,并采用溅射法在光纤抛磨区先镀高折射率的铬层然后镀金膜,制作了侧边抛磨光纤表面等离子体共振传感器。研究结果表明:该传感器可实现液体折射率在1.333~1.431RIU范围的测试,平均光谱灵敏度为4.11×103 nm·RIU-1,在1.417~1.431RIU折射率范围内光谱灵敏度达1.09×104 nm·RIU-1,折射率测量范围和光谱灵敏度均优于已报道的结果。此外,该传感器具有良好的稳定性与重复性实验测试,最小分辨率约为3.6×10-5 RIU。该传感器光谱灵敏度高、检测范围大、尺寸小及良好的稳定性与重复性等优点,可被用于食品检测、环境监测、生物医学检测等相关领域。     

基于双芯光子晶体光纤的中红外表面等离子体共振低折射率传感器

为了在中红外区域实现气凝胶、七氟醚(麻醉剂重要成分)等物质的折射率检测,拓展折射率检测范围,提出了一种基于双芯光子晶体光纤的表面等离子体共振低折射率传感器.光子晶体光纤由两种大小不同的空气孔围绕中心气孔构成,通过对光纤抛磨,最外侧大空气孔直接与待测物质接触,实现基于金属外涂覆的折射率实时测量.采用全矢量有限元法对该传感器的理论模型进行分析,结果表明,在1.12～1.37折射率范围内,传感器的共振波长位于中红外区域2 505～3 181nm,最高灵敏度为12 000nm/RIU,分辨率为8.33×10-6.该传感器利用中红外波段实现了低折射率检测,并且获得了超宽的检测范围和较高的灵敏度,在化工检测、生物医学传感以及水环境监测等领域具有广泛的应用前景.     

波长调制型表面等离子体共振的传感特性研究

表面等离子体共振(SPR)光学传感器能实现生物医学的快速、 无标记、 高精度检测,是生物化学分析的重要方法。 研制了基于波长调制型的Kretschmann结构表面等离子体共振(SPR)生物传感系统,研究了在体溶液传感方式下的传感性能。 利用不同浓度的乙醇和乙二醇溶液进行体溶液传感测试。 实验结果表明,在折射率低时共振波长对折射率变化响应的灵敏度低,但响应的线性度高;随着折射率增大,共振波长对折射率的响应变化的灵敏度提高。 在1.407 0～1.430 RIU折射率范围内,灵敏度高达11 487 nm·RIU-1。 传感器的共振波长的稳定性为0.213 8 nm,可分辨最小折射率趋近10-6 RIU。 所研制的波长调制型表面等离子共振传感器操作简单、 灵敏度高、 检测范围大,可实现浓度极低生物标记物的有效检测,在化学、 生物传感领域有重要的应用。     

开放式多通道多芯少模光纤表面等离子体共振生物传感器

基于多芯少模光纤结构特性,提出了一种具有开放式感知通道的多芯少模光纤表面等离子体共振生物传感器.建立了多芯少模光纤表面等离子体共振生物传感器的模型,利用有限元方法分析了纤芯气孔间距、膜层厚度、膜层材料以及不同传输模式对传感器性能的影响,并讨论了传感器多通道感知性能.仿真分析发现,纤芯气孔间距决定了倏逝波的耦合强度,材料特性和模式共同影响了表面等离子体共振峰的位置和灵敏度.经过计算可知:当单个凹槽传感通道上沉积100 nm铟锡氧化物薄膜,分析物折射率范围为1.33—1.39时, LP11ax模式对应的平均光谱灵敏度为12048 nm/RIU(其中RIU为折射率单位,即refractive index unit),最高灵敏度为20824.66 nm/RIU,最大折射率分辨率可达4.8×10~(–6) RIU;当光纤外围凹槽镀上不同厚度的金膜、银膜和铟锡氧化物膜时,既可以单独探测生物物质,也可以联合检测同一生物物质,实现了传感通道的控制灵活性和测试物质的多样性.     

基于表面等离子体共振的4杆悬浮芯光纤折射率传感仿真分析

设计了一种小芯径的4杆悬浮芯光纤折射率检测传感器,并针对这种光纤模拟了三种不同的抛磨结构。通过在开放式的气孔中涂覆金膜来激发表面等离子体共振效应。采用有限元方法（FEM）分析了开放式悬浮芯光纤的表面等离子体传感特性,并研究了传感金属层和悬浮杆厚度对传感效果的影响。单孔抛磨结构和相对两孔抛磨结构的折射率检测范围为1.31～1.42,最大灵敏度分别为15000 nm/RIU（refractive index unit）和16000 nm/RIU,分辨率分别为6.7×10^-6 RIU和6.25×10^-6 RIU。相邻两孔抛磨结构的折射率检测范围为1.31～1.40,最大灵敏度可达20000 nm/RIU,分辨率可达5.0×10^-6 RIU。此传感器在测量高折射率物质方面具有很好的性能,便于制备,将来有广阔的市场应用前景。     

纤芯失配熔接的高灵敏度光纤折射率传感器

提出并实验验证了一种基于马赫泽德干涉仪(MZI)的高灵敏度光纤折射率(RI)传感器。传感头由一段单模光纤(SMF)夹熔在两段较短的细芯光纤(TCF)中组成TCF SMF-TCF结构,其总长度为9 mm。由于光纤纤芯失配导致的纤芯模和包层模发生干涉,干涉谱对传感头外部折射率的响应极其敏感。使用该传感器检测具有不同折射率的甘油水溶液,实验结果显示:传感器干涉谱的共振波长随环境折射率的增大向长波方向漂移,其折射率灵敏度在1.33 RIU～1.38 RIU范围内约为159 nm/RIU。该传感器具有结构简单、易于制造、成本较低、灵敏度高、抗电磁干扰能力强等优点,在生物化学与环境监测等领域具有较大的应用潜力。     

Numerical study of a highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor based on circular-lattice holey fiber

A new design of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor employing circular-lattice holey fiber to achieve high-sensitivity detection is proposed. The sensing performance of the proposed sensor is numerically investigated and the results indicate that our proposed SPR sensor can be applied to the near-mid infrared detection. Moreover, the maximum wavelength sensitivity of our proposed sensor can reach as high as 1.76×10⁴ nm/refractive index unit (RIU) and the maximum wavelength interrogation resolution can be up to 5.68×10^-6 RIU when the refractive index (RI) of analyte lies in (1.31, 1.36). Thanks to its excellent sensing performance, our proposed SPR sensor will have great potential applications for biological analytes detection, food safety control, bio-molecules detection and so on.     

Highly integrated plasmonic sensor design for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes

Herein, a highly integrated plasmonic sensor based on a multichannel metal-insulator-metal waveguide scheme for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes is proposed. The numerical study is conducted via the finite element method based on commercially available software COMSOL. The sensor design is highly sensitive which can detect a minute change in the refractive index of the analyte. In this study, we have used the refractive index values of three different concentrations of ethanol and d-glucose solution to determine the sensor performance. It is observed that the device is highly sensitive as the operational wavelength lies in the deep shortwave infrared region. The numerically calculated sensitivity as high as 1948.67 nm/RIU is obtained for the cavity length of 325 nm which can be further improved by designing the device with large cavities. We believe that the proposed study is beneficial for the realization of the highly integrated plasmonic sensors for the lab-on-chip operations.     

Photonic crystal microcavity as a highly sensitive platform for RI detection

In this paper, we propose a new design principle of two-dimensional photonic crystal refractive index sensors with high transmission and sensitivity simultaneously. The proposed sensor is made of two waveguide couplers and one microcavity which is obtained by varying the radius of one air hole in the center of PC structure. The microcavity is separated from the input and output waveguides by many holes of the PC. It is shown that by injecting an analyte such as gas or a liquid into a sensing hole, and thus changing its refractive index, a shift in the resonant wavelength may occur. The transmission spectra, quality factor and sensitivity of the sensor have been analyzed numerically by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. The sensitivity value of the sensor has been found to be 668 nm/(RIU with minimum detection limit of 0.002 RIU), which proves the ability of the structure to produce biosensor PhC.     

High sensitivity dual core photonic crystal fiber sensor for simultaneous detection of two samples

The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance. This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samples simultaneously, which effectively solves the problems of coating difficulty and low wavelength sensitivity. The PCF has four layers of air holes, which dramatically reduces the optical fiber loss and is more conducive to the application of sensors in actual production. In addition, by introducing dual cores on the upper and lower sides of the central air hole, reducing the spacing between the core and the gold nanolayer, a stronger evanescent field can be generated in the cladding air hole. The optical fiber sensor can detect the refractive index of two samples simultaneously with a maximum sensitivity of 21300 nm/RIU. To the best of our knowledge, the sensitivity achieved in this work is the highest sensitivity with the dual sample synchronous detection sensors. The detection range of the refraction index is 1.35-1.41, and the resolution of the sensor is 4.695×10^-6. Overall, the sensor will be suitable for medical detection, organic chemical sensing, analyte detection, and other fields.     

基于D型双芯PCF的近红外宽检测范围SPR折射率传感器

现有报道的PCF-SPR折射率传感器的检测范围普遍较窄,不能实现低折射率的检测,且工作波段多数集中在可见光或通信波段,这限制了传感器的应用范围.鉴于此,提出了一种基于D型双芯PCF结构的SPR传感器,使用氧化铟锡作为等离子体材料沉积在D型PCF抛光表面,并对该传感器的理论模型进行了分析,包括金属参数对传感性能的影响,P...     

基于银纳米线的类熊猫型微结构光纤传感器

设计了基于银纳米线等离子体共振效应的大孔径微流通道的类熊猫型微结构光纤传感器,采用全矢量有限元法对该传感器进行了数值研究,讨论了待测液折射率等参数对光纤传感器的损耗和灵敏度的影响。结果表明:随着待测液折射率和银纳米线直径的增大,损耗和光谱峰值λpeak都将增大;并且当银纳米线的直径增加到一定程度时,损耗和灵敏度都会呈现多峰值现象。最后取银纳米线直径d=150 nm,得到最大幅度灵敏度为910 dB/RIU,最大光谱灵敏度为1 400 nm/RIU。     

微纳尺度光纤布拉格光栅折射率传感的理论研究

亚波长直径微纳光纤强倏逝场传输的光学特性,使其对周围介质折射率的变化具有极高的灵敏度.本文提出一种基于微纳尺度光纤布拉格光栅(MNFBG)的折射率传感器,结合微纳光纤倏逝场传输和光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)强波长选择的特性来实现高精度折射率传感,对其制备可行性进行了讨论.论文中对MNFBG折射率传感机理进行了深入的理论分析,并使用OptiGrating软件进行了数值模拟,模拟数据显示MNFBG折射率测量的灵敏度随着光纤半径的减小而增加,其中光纤半径为400 nm的MNFBG灵敏度可达到993 nm/RIU,相比于包层蚀刻的FBG灵敏度增加了170倍,说明MNFBG对发展微型化、高灵敏度折射率传感器具有良好的应用前景. 关键词： 微纳光纤 光纤布拉格光栅 折射率传感     

消光式核壳二聚体传感器的设计与光谱特性分析

根据ITO/Au纳米核壳二聚体粒子在生物医学领域的应用合理性,设计了一种实时检测生物液体的核壳二聚体探针消光式传感器;由偶极子理论推导出输出波长与外界环境折射率关系;利用MATLAB设计ITO/Au纳米核壳二聚体粒子结构;采用软件DDSCAT7.3结合离散偶极近似法,利用二聚体有效半径模拟计算了300~950nm可见光到红外光波段不同核壳比、二聚体间距、以及不同介质折射率的消光光谱;根据传感芯片折射率与偶极共振、耦合八级共振的响应关系得出ITO/Au二聚体的折射率灵敏特性。与传统Ag/Au核壳纳米粒子相比,ITO/Au纳米核壳二聚体结构引入了可作为传感芯片灵敏性自参考参数的耦合八级共振峰,同时ITO/Au二聚体结构的折射率灵敏度可达到419nm/RIU。这些工作及其结果对制作消光式传感器具有重要的意义。     

Packaging and Characteristics of a Tapered Fiber Sensor for Refractive-Index Measurements

In this study, we demonstrate the design and fabrication of a tapered fiber sensor with a sensing application based on a new (high-sensitivity) package. We study the effect of various geometric parameters such as the uniform segment diameter, the uniform segment length, and the incident angle of the optical wave on the tapered fiber sensor sensitivity for evanescent sensing. Our study shows that high sensitivity of the tapered fiber can be realized by optimizing its parameters. In addition, we design a novel packaging of a tapered-fiber sensor, which can efficiently ensure a uniform stress and reduce the cross sensitivity caused by stress in liquid detection using a tapered fiber sensor. We report the experimental results obtained using this tapered fiber sensor for refractive-index measurements. As the refractive index of liquids varies from 1.417 to 1.423, the measurement results show that the refractive-index sensitivity of the tapered fiber sensor is as high as 4860 nm/RIU.