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。     

基于光纤侧边抛磨技术的醋酸浓度光纤传感器

演示了两种利用光纤侧边抛磨技术制备的用于醋酸浓度检测的光纤传感器.其中一种光纤传感器采用轮式抛磨法对光纤光栅的光栅区包层进行侧边抛磨加工而成,将醋酸溶液覆盖于光纤光栅的抛磨区,利用侧边抛磨光纤光栅反射峰波长的变化对醋酸浓度进行测量;另一种光纤传感器采用轮式抛磨法对普通单模光纤包层进行侧边抛磨加工而成,将醋酸溶液覆盖于光纤抛磨区,利用抛磨光纤插入损耗的变化对醋酸浓度进行测量.两种光纤传感器的实验都表明:光纤包层抛磨表面与纤芯的距离越小,测量分辨率越高.剩余包层厚度为 0 μm 的侧边抛磨光纤光栅传感器测量醋酸溶液浓度分辨率为6.67%;剩余包层厚度为O.5μm 的侧边抛磨光纤传感器测量醋酸溶液浓度分辨率为0.55%.     

基于表面等离子共振的光纤探针折射率传感器

基于表面等离子体共振效应,设计一种锥形光纤探针折射率传感器。通过锥形结构理论模型与SPR共振模型,利用MATLAB与FDTD Solutions软件进行理论计算与模拟仿真,分析锥形光纤锥度比、传感区长度和银膜厚度对传感器发生共振时的共振深度的影响。通过对比所镀膜层的结构与厚度,从灵敏度与品质因素角度对传感器性能进行优化。结果表明随着锥形光纤锥度比增大,共振深度出现极值;传感区长度越长,共振深度越深;银膜在50 nm处传感器性能较优,银/二氧化钛复合膜结构的传感器灵敏度与品质因素高于单层膜结构传感器。     

光纤耦合三角形金柱阵列的等离子体共振

为了满足表面等离子体传感器高灵敏度、高线性以及较大测量范围的需求,提出侧边抛磨光纤耦合的三角形纳米金柱阵列等离子体共振传感模型.用有限元法仿真得出侧边抛磨光纤倏逝场激发出三角形纳米金柱的三种等离子体共振模式,分别为传输等离子体、三角形纳米金柱的本征等离子体和柱间等离子体,在传感器透射谱中呈现三个共振波谷.本征等离子体和柱间等离子体均属于局域等离子体,所对应的共振波谷对外界环境折射率的灵敏度较低但具有很高的线性度.传输等离子体对应的波谷随折射率变化灵敏度很高且呈非线性关系,优化后三角形金柱阵列设计中,当折射率为1.38~1.42RIU时,灵敏度高达12 882nm/RIU.该传感结构集成了侧边抛磨光纤的强倏逝场,具有传输等离子体的高灵敏度、局域等离子体的高线性度和大测量动态范围等优点,有重要的研究意义和实用价值.     

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.     

D型高双折射光子晶体光纤的折射率传感特性研究

基于表面等离子体共振(SPR)原理,分析了D型高双折射光子晶体光纤(HB-PCF)的折射率传感特性.模拟研究了抛磨角度对双折射、折射率传感灵敏度的影响.仿真结果表明:当抛磨面离纤芯的高度小于1.5倍占空比时,抛磨面离纤芯越近,双折射越小;随着抛磨角度的增加,双折射先增加后减小,折射率传感灵敏度随之减小;当抛磨角度为0°...     

基于银/高纯铟复合膜的表面等离子体共振折射率传感器

为了解决单一金属膜结构的光纤表面等离子体共振（SPR）盐度传感器结构不稳定且灵敏度较低的问题,设计了一种高灵敏度的锥形三芯光纤结构的SPR盐度传感器。以银膜为激发表面等离子体共振的金属层,在其表面涂覆高纯铟以增强其稳定性。通过Kretschmann四层结构模型对传感器进行理论分析,结果表明,在光纤锥区纤芯模和包层模之间会出现强烈的模式耦合,在覆膜区会激发明显的等离子体共振。对涂覆银膜和高纯铟膜的SPR传感器进行折射率性能测试,在1.4%～3.6%的盐度变化范围内,涂覆银膜和高纯铟膜的SPR传感器灵敏度高达4989.34 nm/RIU,对应的盐度灵敏度为9.1 nm/%,比仅涂覆银膜的SPR传感器灵敏度提高了44%。     

基于侧边抛磨光纤的表面布拉格光栅温度传感器

为了实现在侧边抛磨光纤（SPF）上制作布拉格光栅结构并提高器件设计灵活性,利用重铬酸盐明胶（DCG）作为光刻材料,提出一种新型的光纤表面布拉格光栅制作方法并对该器件温度传感特性进行研究。使用轮式抛磨系统制作SPF,并在SPF侧抛面上旋涂DCG,通过干涉光束曝光显影制作表面布拉格光栅。光谱测量表明:带有布拉格光栅的侧边抛磨光纤在1 480.2 nm处有透射谷,在相应位置反射谱有明显反射峰,其调制幅度达到15.9 dB,这是由于表面光栅的布拉格反射所致。温度传感实验表明,该布拉格反射峰的温度灵敏度为17.84 pm/℃。这种器件已在光纤传感和光纤滤波器等方面获得应用。     

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。     

基于银/二氧化钛复合膜的表面等离子共振气体传感器

表面等离子体共振是一种免标记的传感技术,当介质周围的介电常数发生改变时,则SPR谐振光谱特性也会随之改变.因此表面等离子体共振传感技术已广泛应用于生物化学和环境监测等领域.由于二氧化钛(TiO2)覆盖层不仅可以保护金属层,还能调谐SPR谐振的光谱强度和谐振波长于近红外波段,应用于1550 nm的光纤传感,其氧化还原反应...     

Performance analysis of surface plasmon resonance sensor with high-order absentee layer

A surface plasmon resonance(SPR) sensor with a high-order absentee layer on the top of metallic film is proposed.The performance of the SPR sensor with NaCl, MgO, TiO_2 or AlAs high-order absentee layer is analyzed theoretically. The results indicate that the sensitivity and the full width at half maximum of those SPR sensors decrease with the increasing of the order of absentee layer, but the variation of the figure of merit(FOM) depends on the refractive index of absentee layer.By improving the order of absentee layer with high-refractive-index, the FOM of the SPR sensor can be enhanced. The maximum value of FOM for the SPR sensor with high-order TiO_2(or AlAs) absentee layer is 1.059%(or 2.587%) higher than the one with one-order absentee layer. It is believed the proposed SPR sensor with high-order absentee layer will be helpful for developing the high-performance SPR sensors.     

Theoretical analysis of surface plasmon resonance based fiber optic sensor using indium nitride

An extremely sensitive surface plasmon resonance based fiber optic sensor with indium nitride (InN) layer coated on the core of the optical fiber is theoretically analyzed. The proposed sensor exhibits high sensitivity in the near infrared region of spectrum. The optimized value of thickness of InN layer is found to be 70 nm. Possessing high sensitivity of 4493 nm/RIU, the 70 nm thick InN layer based fiber optic SPR sensor illustrates good sensing behavior.     

Design and optimization of nano-column array based surface plasmon resonance sensor

In this paper, a surface plasmon resonance fiber sensor based on gold nano-column array instead of gold film is designed and optimized. The finite element method is used to optimize the diameter of the nano-gold column under the consideration of figure of merit, which relates to the sensitivity, resonance wavelength and resonance intensity. The optimized sensor has 70 nm gold nano-column coated on a side polished single mode fiber. The results show that the average sensitivity reaches 5318 nm/RIU when the environmental refractive index changing from 1.33 to 1.39 RIU, which is much higher than those in the conventional surface plasmon resonance structure. The optimizes design will serve a vital foundation to the fabrication of high performance fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensors based on nano metallic structure.     

基于双峰谐振效应的镀金属长周期光纤光栅液体浓度传感器

利用长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)中的双峰谐振效应,结合表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器的高灵敏度,提出了一种新型镀金属光纤光栅液体浓度传感器.采用双包层结构模型和耦合模理论,分析r镀金属长周期光纤光栅双峰效应的谐振特性,环境折射率的传感特性以及金属膜厚对双峰LPFG灵敏度的影响.实验上制作了具有双峰效应的镀银膜长周期光纤...     

Fiber optic sensor based on surface plasmon resonance with nanoparticle films

This paper reports on a novel design of a fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on nanoparticle metal film. The performance of the proposed sensor in terms of its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and sensitivity under different conditions related to the film with spherical gold nanoparticles embedded in a host material is theoretically analyzed. In particular, the effect of the parameters such as gold particle size, film thickness, and refractive index of host material is studied and the possible explanation, whenever required, is given. The numerical results presented in this paper leads to fulfill the requirement of significant optimization of the important design parameters to achieve a high SNR and sensitivity of a fiber optic SPR sensor with nanoparticle films.     

Design of a coated thinly clad chalcogenide long-period fiber grating refractive index sensor based on dual-peak resonance near the phase matching turning point

A novel method for designing chalcogenide long-period fiber grating (LPFG) sensors based on the dual-peak resonance effect of the LPFG near the phase matching turning point (PMTP) is presented. Refractive index sensing in a high-refractive-index chalcogenide fiber is achieved with a coated thinly clad film. The dual-peak resonant characteristics near the PMTP and the refractive index sensing properties of the LPFG are analyzed first by the phase-matching condition of the LPFG. The effects of film parameters and cladding radius on the sensitivity of refractive index sensing are further discussed. The sensor is optimized by selecting the appropriate film parameters and cladding radius. Simulation results show that the ambient refractive index sensitivity of a dual-peak coated thinly clad chalcogenide LPFG at the PMTP can be 2400 nm/RIU, which is significantly higher than that of non-optimized gratings. It has great application potential in the field of chemical sensing and biosensors.     

Numerical simulation of wavelength-modulated surface plasmon resonance-based fiber optic sensor

A systematically theoretical analysis of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based optical fiber sensor is carried out. A three-layer mode (fiber core/gold/sample) is used to simulate the SPR-based optical fiber sensor. Several parameters including the thickness of gold layer, numerical aperture (NA) of fiber, sensing region length and fiber core diameter have been investigated to evaluate the sensitivity and measurement accuracy of sensor. A detailed explanation for the effect of these parameters on the sensor is presented to give a guideline to optimally design the SPR-based optical fiber sensor.     

金属膜层对光纤表面等离子传感器的影响研究

采用SG-12SA作为镀膜设备, 研究了当金膜厚度相同的情况下, 光纤表面等离子体波传感器在有粘结层和无粘结层时的光谱特性; 当粘结层厚度相同时, 光纤表面等离子体波传感器对应不同金膜厚度的光谱特性。结果表明：对镀有同样金膜厚度的光纤表面等离子体波传感器, 纤芯与金膜之间有粘结层相对于无粘结层, 共振波长出现红移, 且共振深度减小; 对镀有同样粘结层厚度的光纤表面等离子体波传感器, 随着金膜厚度的增加, 共振波长亦逐渐发生红移。这些研究成果为以后研制性能优良的光纤传感器提供了参考, 同时为在直径为微米级的三维圆柱面上镀膜提供一定的指导意义。     

Plasmon resonance microsensor for droplet analysis

Microscale fiber tip sensors based on the plasmon resonance are reported. The fabrication process derived from our previous approach for manufacturing near-field scanning optical microscopy probes has been optimized for sensing applications. A typical tip sensor is a tapered fiber 400 microm in length, coated with a nanoporous thin silver film. The miniaturized geometry of the sensor allows detection in a single droplet of liquid solution (approximately 20 microl). The tip sensor is sensitive for refractive indices between 1.33 and 1.40 with a sensitivity of at least 3 x 10(-4) refractive index unit (RIU)/nm. The Raman scattering enhancement through these microsensors demonstrates the important role played by the localized plasmon resonance. The sensors' linear response covers a large region, interesting for biosensing in aqueous environments such as biomedical applications.