Experimental Studies on the Response of the Fiber Optic Evanescent Field Absorption Sensor

In the present study the response of the fiber optic evanescent field absorption sensor has been analyzed experimentally. The dependence of evanescent absorbance on sample (dye) concentration has been found to be nonlinear, in contradiction to theoretical predictions. The amount of nonlinearity as well as evanescent absorbance has been found to depend on the pH of the sample. As the pH decreases, the amount of nonlinearity and evanescent absorbance decrease. It has been shown that the nonlinearity and high evanescent absorbance at high pH value occur because of the adsorption of the positively charged dye molecules on the surface of the silica core of the plastic-clad silica (PCS) fiber, which is generally used for the sensor. A linear response has been obtained at pH close to 2.0, at which the presence of a tremendous amount of H ions in the sample restricts the adsorption of the dye molecules. The following empirical relation has been found to fit the experimental data: gamma 1.1C 1.6(pH)32C 1 3, where gamma is the evanescent absorption coefficient and C is the concentration of the dye. The first term is due to the simple Beer's law while the second term is the contribution of the pH dependent dye adsorption. In addition, we have found that the increase in core diameter increases the contribution of adsorption.     

一种检测十二指肠胃返流光纤传感器的研制

设计了可检测十二指肠胃返流的光纤传感器,该传感器由470 nm的信号光、595 nm参考光和光纤束构成,主要检测十二指肠返流物中的胆红素在470 nm与595 nm的吸光度,本文还对影响传感器检测的因素,诸如波长、pH、胃液中悬浮颗粒造成的散射作用以及其他的因素,做了详细评价.传感器可以达到10 mg/dl优良的动态响应范围,离体实验结果表明,该传感器可以作为临床动态检测手段.     

Static sensitivity calculation of a novel fiber optic biosensor

A novel structure of fiber optic biosensor and its principle are introduced. The sample is detected in microchannels of several microns diameter in fiber optic biosensors. The relation between the optic fiber tapered angle and the fluorescence incident angle is calculated in signal receiving part. As the sensor is a zero-order system, calculating formula of the static sensitivity is derived. When ZnSe nano-crystalline cluster is used for marking the molecules, the static sensitivity for fiber optic biosensors is calculated. At the same time, the relation between the static sensitivity and the ratio of exciting wavelength to fluorescence wavelength is presented.     

Fabrication and Characterization of a Fiber-Optic pH Sensor for the pH Range 2 to 13

Fabrication and characterization of a fiber-optic pH sensor based on evanescent field absorption and immobilization of ethyl violet dye on the unclad core of the fiber using sol-gel technique have been reported. The probe has been demonstrated to operate in the pH range 2 to 13. The operating range is the largest among those reported in the literature by using a single pH-sensitive dye. The sensitivity of the sensor increases with the increase in the length of the probe. The response of the probe depends on the ionic strength and the temperature of the fluid. This suggests that the pH sensor developed by us is likely to perform best under well-defined sample conditions.     

Non-contact detection of laser-generated surface acoustic waves using fiber optic Sagnac interferometer

A high powered Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used to excite the surface waves, and an optical fiber sensor was used to detect the out-of-plane displacements due to the propagating waves. This sensor is based on the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer, which has the path-matched configuration and does not require active stabilization. Quadrature phase bias between two interfering laser beams in the Sagnac loop is applied by controlling the birefringence in an optical path using a fiber polarization controller. A stable quadrature phase bias can be confirmed by observing the interferometer output according to the change of phase bias. Additional signal processing is not needed for the detection of ultrasonic waves using the Sagnac interferometer. The performance of the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer was investigated, and laser-generated surface wave signals were detected using this fiber optic sensor. The developed fiber optic sensor configured in this study is very simple and is effective for non-contact detection of ultrasonic waves.     

基于光谱吸收型光纤传感器的煤矿瓦斯测量技术

甲烷是瓦斯的主要成分,是易燃易爆的气体。介绍了瓦斯的光谱特性以及光谱吸收法测量甲烷气体浓度的原理,给出了光谱吸收型光纤瓦斯气体传感器的主要进展和技术路径,包括差分吸收测量法和谐波吸收测量法。通过分析可看出,光谱吸收型光纤瓦斯传感器以其优良的特性得到了广泛关注,其中差分吸收法的抗干扰能力强,系统可靠性高,具有较强的工程应用价值。     

一种基于荧光猝灭原理的光纤氧气传感器

用钌 (Ⅱ ) 邻菲咯啉配合物作为指示剂 ,研制成功一种基于荧光猝灭原理的光纤氧气传感器。采用锁相放大技术 ,实现了对弱荧光信号的检测。该传感器的检测下限为 5× 10 -6,检测精度为 5× 10 -7,响应时间T≤ 10s,并具有较强的抗干扰能力、较好的重复性和稳定性。     

A multipoint quasi-distributed optical fiber pH sensor

This paper reports the development and characterisation of a multipoint quasi-distributed optical fiber sensor for pH measurement. The system is based on a 170 m length of 200 μm core diameter plastic cladding silica fiber where sections of cladding have been removed and replaced with dye immobilised sol-gel glass to form sensing points. Evanescent wave excitation of a dye, immobilised within 2 mm long sections of cladding, enables the pH value of any spillage material to be determined by optical time domain reflectometry along the length of the fiber. The results suggest a spatial resolution of better than 2.5 meters for this fiber system and indicate that this arrangement could form the basis of a practical sensor/actuator system for chemical spillage, provided that suitable dye/analyte combinations are available.     

磁光玻璃光纤的偏振特性及其在全光纤电流传感器中的应用

在磁光玻璃裸光纤偏振特性研究的基础上，研制磁光玻璃光纤，偏振特性及其在全光纤电流传感器中的应用。将采用模管法拉制成的磁光玻璃光纤置于亥姆霍兹线圈产生的磁场中，当线偏振光通过该光纤时，其偏振面旋转一定角度，把该角度转换成光信号的强度，然后再用仪器进行检测。通过对线偏振光偏振面在磁场中的偏振特性的测试与实验，提出用磁光玻璃光纤构成的全光纤电流传感器，可用于电流和磁场测试。     

Fiber-Optic pH Sensor

The new enhancement in the determination of pH using optical fiber system is described here. This work uses the membrane made of cellulose acetate membrane for reagent immobilization and congo red (pK_a 3.7) and neutral red (pK_a 7.2) as pH indicators. An effective covalent chemical binding procedure is used to immobilize the indicators. The response time, reversibility, linear range, reproducibility, and long-term stability of fiber optic sensor with congo red as well as neutral red have been determined. The linear range measured for the sensor based on the congo red and neutral red is 4.2-6.3 and 4.1-9.0, respectively. The response time of sensor membrane is measured by varying the substance pH values between 11.0 and 2.0.     

Fiber-Optic Ammonia Sensors Utilizing Rectangular-Cladding Eccentric-Core Fiber

A new fiber-optic ammonia sensor utilizing rectangular-cladding eccentric-core fiber and a sensitive film containing an indicator dye is demonstrated. The sensitive film is a SiO₂-GeO₂ gel film including an indicator dye of bromocresol purple or bromocresol green, which is dip-coated by a sol-gel technique. The attenuation of this sensor changes depending on the concentration of ammonia at the wavelength range of 500–700 nm. This sensor can detect several ppm of gaseous ammonia. Various factors determining the sensitivity to detect the ammonia gas and time response of the sensor are also studied.     

双激光光源光吸收法甲烷浓度光纤监测仪

基于Lamber Beer定律,利用波长为1.33μm的脉冲InP/InGaAsP半导体激光器作为测量光源,用低损耗的光纤进行光信号的传输,并以钽酸锂热释电探测器作为光电转换器件,实现了一种可远距离监测甲烷浓度的仪器。该仪器主要由光纤传感系统、信号放大与处理系统和显示系统三部分组成。介绍了该仪器的基本结构与工作原理,讨论了其中的技术难点及其相应的解决方法。     

Fiber-Optic pH Sensor

The new enhancement in the determination of pH using optical fiber system is described here. This work uses the membrane made of cellulose acetate membrane for reagent immobilization and congo red (pK _a 3.7) and neutral red (pK _a 7.2) as pH indicators. An effective covalent chemical binding procedure is used to immobilize the indicators. The response time, reversibility, linear range, reproducibility, and long-term stability of fiber optic sensor with congo red as well as neutral red have been determined. The linear range measured for the sensor based on the congo red and neutral red is 4.2–6.3 and 4.1–9.0, respectively. The response time of sensor membrane is measured by varying the substance pH values between 11.0 and 2.0.     

Luminescence-Based Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors

A scheme for the simultaneous determination of temperature and analyte concentration for application in luminescence-based chemical sensors is proposed. This scheme is applied to an optical oxygen sensor, which is based on the quenching of the fluorescence of a ruthenium complex. Temperature measurement is performed using the excitation radiation and an absorption long-pass filter. Preliminary results are presented that show the viability of an oxygen measurement that is independent of temperature and optical power level. The possibility of self-referenced temperature measurements with semiconductor nanoparticles is also investigated. In order to optimize the sensor design, several different optical fiber probe geometries for oxygen sensing are tested and compared, including different methods of coupling radiation into the optical fiber system. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyacrylamide membranes are tested as supports for sensor immobilization in fiber-optical pH sensing devices in aqueous solution. Some results are presented that show the feasibility of using fiber-optical pH indicators for remote monitoring.     

光纤水听器的原理与应用

为适应水声学应用特别是水下反潜战的需要，在光纤技术不断发展的基础上，光纤水听器应运而生．光纤水听器是一种基于光纤、光电子技术上的新型水下声传感器，因其在军事、民用各领域应用广泛，目前光纤水听器在国内外发展迅速，已经到达实用状态．全光光纤水听器系统的湿端采用全光实现，信号传感与传输皆基于光纤技术．具有抗电磁干扰、重量轻和造价低等优点．文章简述了光纤水听器的发展历史、现状，论述了光纤水听器的原理及其应用前景．     

LED based fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor

Modeling of a miniaturized fiber optic sensor based on surface plasmon resonance utilizing a broad band diffuse source is presented. Attenuated total internal reflection with Kretschmann configuration is the basis of the theoretical model. For simulation both meridional and skew rays are considered. The performance of the sensor is evaluated in terms of sensitivity, detection accuracy and signal to noise ratio. Effects of the numerical aperture of the fiber, core diameter and length of the sensing region on the performance parameters of the sensor are studied. The results are obtained for gold and silver metallic layer on the core of the fiber. The theoretical results obtained are compared with SPR based fiber optic sensor utilizing focused beam on the end face of the fiber from a collimated source. The advantages of using broadband LED (diffuse source) source for launching light in the fiber are the miniaturization, compactness and low cost of the sensor.     

U型光纤传感器液体浓度测量系统的研究

为了测量液体的浓度,设计制作了一个U型光纤传感系统.在固定光源波长以及恒温的条件下,激光光源发出的光信号在U型光纤传感区域发生全反射,并且得到被测液体参数的调制,通过测量光接收端电信号的大小,可以得到被测液体的浓度.整个实验装置结构简单,主要由激光光源、U型光纤传感探头和光接收器件组成.实验以食盐溶液和蔗糖溶液为测量对...     

Nanocrystalline ZnO coated fiber optic sensor for ammonia gas detection

A cladding modified fiber optic sensor coated with nanocrystalline ZnO is proposed for ammonia gas detection. As-prepared and annealed zinc oxide (500 and 1200 °C) samples are used as the gas sensing media. The spectral characteristics of the fiber optic gas sensor are studied for various concentrations of ammonia (0–500 ppm). The sensor exhibits linear variation in the spectral peak intensity with the ammonia concentration. The characteristics of the sensor when exposed to ethanol and methanol gases are also studied for gas selectivity. The time response characteristics of the sensor are reported.     

Modeling and simulation of polarization errors in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor

Sagnac fiber optic current sensor (S-FOCS) is a kind of optical interferometer based on Sagnac structure, optical polarization states of sensing light wave in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor are limited. However, several factors induce optical polarization error, and non-ideal polarized light waves cause the interference signal crosstalk in sensor, including polarizer, quarter-wave retarder, splice angular, birefringence and so on. With these errors, linearly polarized light wave in PM fiber and circularly polarized light wave in sensing fiber become elliptically polarized light wave, then, nonreciprocal phase shift induced by magnetic field of the current is interrupted by wrong polarization state. To clarify characteristics of optical polarization error in fiber optic current sensor, we analyze the evolution process of random optical polarization state, linear optical polarization state and circular optical polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor by using Poincare sphere, then, build optical polarization error models by using Jones matrix. Based on models of polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor, we investigate the influence of several main error factors on optical polarization error characteristics theoretically, including extinction ratio in polarizer, phase delay in quarter-wave retarder, splice angular between quarter-wave retarder and polarization maintaining fiber. Finally, we simulate and quantify nonreciprocal phase shift to be detected in fiber optic current sensor related with optical polarization errors. In the end, we demonstrate S-FOCS in test. The results show that transfer matrix errors are induced by inaccurate polarization properties during polarization state conversion, then, the stability and accuracy of the S-FOCS are affected, and it is important to control the polarization properties at each step of the polarization state conversion precisely.     

On the fiber-optic chlorine sensor with enhanced sensitivity based on the study of evanescent field absorption spectroscopy

The paper deals with a fiber optic evanescent field absorption sensor that can be used for the detection of chlorine content in drinking water. The technique is based on the absorption of evanescent fields through the development of color owing to the reaction of an organic compound diethyl phenylene diamine with chlorine, which is already present in water. In the experiment, a U-shaped optical sensor probe is used because the sensitivity of the system improves due to the higher penetration depth achieved in this case. The improvement in sensitivity (in the case of U-shaped probed) is also shown experimentally.