All polymer asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer waveguide sensor by imprinting bonding and laser polishing

We present an all polymer asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometer(AMZI) waveguide sensor based on imprinting bonding and laser polishing method. The fabrication methods are compatible with high accuracy waveguide sensing structure. The rectangle waveguide structure of this sensor has three sensing surfaces contacting the test media, and its sensing accuracy can be increased 5 times compared with that of one surface sensing structure. An AMZI device structure is designed. The single mode condition, the length of the sensing arm, and the length deviation between the sensing arm and the reference arm are optimized. The length deviation is optimized to be 19.8 μm in a refractive index range between1.470 and 1.545. We fabricate the AMZI waveguide by lithography and wet etching method. The imprinting bonding and laser polishing method is proposed and investigated. The insertion loss is between-80.36 dB and-10.63 dB. The average and linear sensitivity are 768.1 d B/RIU and 548.95 dB/RIU, respectively. And the average and linear detection resolution of the sensor are 1.30×10~(-6) RIU(RIU: refractive index unit) and 1.82×10~(-5) RIU, respectively. This sensor has a fast and cost-effective fabrication process which can be used in the cases of requiring portability and disposability.     

贯通孔道网络结构大孔Al2O3催化材料的制备

采用模板法制备了具有贯通孔道网络结构的大孔Al2O3催化材料. 为确保模板材料的体积分数低于74%时Al2O3孔道的贯通, 设计并实现了模板聚苯乙烯(PS)微球先胶凝再与催化材料Al2O3纳米颗粒复合的制备路线. 通过PS微球悬浮液的流变性表征凝胶状态的形成. 实验结果表明, 加入适当浓度的硝酸铝溶液后PS微球悬浮液出现了由溶胶向凝胶的转变. 通过扫描电镜对大孔Al2O3催化材料的孔道结构进行表征, 结果表明, 与有序大孔材料相比大孔催化材料中孔配位数有所降低, 骨架厚度提高且具有贯通的孔道网络结构. 大孔结构抗压强度实验表明, 随着模板PS微球质量分数的降低, 机械强度明显提高.