微孔光纤表面等离子体共振传感特性分析

设计了纤芯周围具有6个大空气孔的微孔光纤用于表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器.利用有限元方法研究金属膜厚、微孔间距、微孔尺寸及外界环境折射率对表面等离子体共振峰所处波长的影响及传感器的灵敏度.结果显示,金属膜厚及外界环境折射率对共振峰的位置都比较敏感,而空气孔的直径和孔间距在小范围变化时谐振峰的位置基本保持不变.该传感...     

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.     

基于多孔硅的表面等离子共振传感特性

提出了一种基于多孔硅的表面等离子共振传感模型:棱镜-金属膜-多孔硅薄膜-待测介质。在该结构中,多孔硅的折射率会随着样品浓度的变化而变化。利用有限元分析方法,数值模拟得到该结构的共振光谱,对模型进行了分析和参数优化。以乙二醇溶液为待测样本,对提出的传感结构的传感性能进行分析,得到该传感器对乙二醇的传感灵敏度约为267.85(°)/RIU,约为Kretschmann棱镜结构灵敏度的2.13倍。     

新型机器人红外传感皮肤信号处理方法的研究

机器人红外传感皮肤是一种新型的外部感知系统,它具有信息量大,实时性好,与环境无接触测量的特点,被广泛应用在多关节机器人实时避障系统中。但是皮肤上的微型红外传感器输出易受到可见光、工频电源、日光灯等噪声干扰,传统的模拟电路很难满足系统实时性和准确性的要求。为了提高系统的性能,给出了一种基于数字信号处理(DSP)的全数字信号处理技术,采用快速傅里叶变换(FFT)对传感器信号进行处理。分析了快速傅里叶变换误差产生原因,提出加汉宁(Hanning)窗进行误差补偿。仿真和实验结果表明,该技术能有效地减少噪声对系统的影响,使红外传感皮肤能够准确实时地给出周围环境信息。     

表面等离子体共振传感技术应用于小分子检测

人体内的生物小分子对维持生命体健康具有重要影响,此类分子参与生命体的血液循环及免疫系统,因此检测生命体中生物小分子对研究小分子在生命体中的生理功能有着重要的意义.傅里叶变换-表面等离子体共振(Fourier transform-surface plasmon resonance,FT-SPR)光谱技术具有操作简便、灵敏...     

一种新型光谱表面等离子体共振二维探测方法在DNA微阵列中的应用

在此前曾提出过一种新型二维折射率探测方法——并行扫描光谱表面等离子体共振(surface plasmon resonance, SPR)成像方法。在这种方法中,使用线形光照明,CCD得到的图像包含SPR光谱信息和一维空间信息,进而通过计算可得到折射率的一维分布信息。通过一维扫描,就能够得到整个被扫描区域内的折射率二维分布信息。该方法具有高灵敏、高通量的优点,适合微阵列(microarray)的检测, 并完善了这种方法的数据处理过程,使用空气折射率作为参考,消除了无法精确控制入射角的难题。使用该方法对手工点制的军团菌mip DNA探针微阵列进行了检测,证明了这种方法高灵敏无标记地探测微阵列的可行性。我们得到的军团菌mip DNA探针制备浓度与其等效折射率的关系,这对基于SPR的微阵列技术的发展有着重要的参考意义。     

光纤光栅啁啾化传感研究

提出了光纤光栅啁啾化传感概念和传感机理,将光纤光栅微观分解为栅区长度范围的许多具有独立感知能力且彼此关联的有效作用子栅集,表述了有效作用子栅集与待测环境场空间梯度分布之间的对应关系,从而较好地解释了光纤光栅啁啾谱产生的内在机理.理论推导并实验验证了光栅啁啾谱各谱参量(波长、带宽和反射光强)与待测环境场(温度和应变)之间的对应关系,为利用单一光纤光栅实现多参量同时区分测量、任意非均匀空间分布场传感提供了科学有效的解决方法.     

尾流光学信号的处理方法

主要利用滤波器、离散傅里叶变换、以及统计信号处理方法等对实验室模拟的尾流信号进行分析和处理、计算.从能量的角度来看,光学信号在有无气泡幕情况下的区别是非常明显的;利用滤波器只能作为尾流光学信号的预处理,从实际应用来看,需要做进一步处理;离散傅里叶变换对不同气压下得到的处理结果存在的区别,必然也为判断不同航速、不同尾龄下的尾流提供了一种线索;以Chirp z变换的形式对尾流光学信号进行处理,使得这种分布具有相当直观的图形,结合适当的图形处理方式,将有可能确定探测尾流光学性质的特征信号.     

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。     

基于磁性液体中光纤端面反射的磁场和电流传感

理论分析和数值模拟计算了不同温度和不同体积密度下磁件液体的折射系数和消光系数,以及浸没在磁性液体中光纤端面处的反射率,得到了体积密度和外加磁场强度对磁性液体的折射系数和消光系数的作用比较大,而温度对折射系数和消光系数的影响不大.实验制作了了光纤端面浸没在磁性液体中的传感元件,设计了测最光路系统,得到了反射率随外加磁场强度变化的情况,与理论分析结果相吻合.由理论和实验可知,磁性液体的消光系数小仅跟体积密度和温度有关,还与外加磁场强度有关,对光纤端面处的反射率有一定的影响.     

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.     

Sensitivity enhancement of surface plasmon resonance sensor using continuous film metallic gratings

A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on continuous film metallic gratings is numerically investigated for enhance sensitivity. The results calculated by rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) present that interplays between localized surface plasmons and surface plasmons polaritons contribute to sensitivity enhancement. The sensitivity enhancement factor (SEF), which represents the influence of metallic grating, increased as the grating period decreased. In addition, several reflection dips can be achieved as the period of metallic grating increased. By double-dips method, the sensitivity SPR sensor based on continuous film grating-based is improved into 153.23°/RIU, which is more sensitive than conventional thin film-based SPR sensor in the same condition. The SPR sensor based on continuous film metallic gratings exhibits good linearity.     

Sensitivity‐enhancement methods for surface plasmon sensors

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have been a mature technology for more than two decades now, however, recent investigations show continuous enhancement of their sensitivity and their lower detection limit. Together with the recent investigations in localized SPR phenomena, extraordinary optical transmission through nanoapertures in metals, and surface‐enhanced spectroscopies, drastic developments are expected to revolutionize the field of optical biosensing. Sensitivity‐enhancement (SE) techniques are reviewed focusing both on the physical transduction mechanisms and the system performance. In the majority of cases the SE is associated with the enhancement of the electromagnetic field overlap integral describing the interaction energy within the analyte. Other important mechanisms are the interaction between plasmons and excitons and between the analyte molecules and the metal surface. The lower detection limit can be reduced significantly if systems with high signal‐to‐noise ratio are used such as common‐path interferometry, ellipsometry or polarimetry systems.     

Highly sensitive selectively coated D-shape photonic crystal fibers for surface plasmon resonance sensing

We propose a design for a high sensitivity plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and analyze the sensor using finite element software (FEM). By introducing a D-shape hole instead of a circular hole in the first ring of the photonic crystal fiber, which increases the coupling effect and proficient infiltration of the sensing, resulting in enhance the performance of the sensor due to the flat structure of the D-shape hole and the homogeneous metal coating facility. We study the influence of the parameters of the D-shape hole on the sensing performance and analyze the sensor performance based on the wavelength and amplitude sensitivity. The results show that the proposed sensor is capable of detecting analyte refractive index ranging from 1.30 to 1.42, and the maximum sensitivities of 14,600 nm/RIU and 1475 RIU^?1 can be achieved in this sensing range, respectively. The largest sensor resolutions for wavelength and amplitude sensing are $6.84\times {10}^{?6}$ and $6.78\times {10}^{?6}\text{ RIU}$, and the maximum figure of merits (FOM) of the proposed sensor being 618.     

Design optimization of highly sensitive LSPR enhanced surface plasmon resonance biosensors with nanoholes

For breaking through the sensitivity limitation of conventional surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors, novel highly sensitive SPR biosensors with Au nanoparticles and nanogratings enhancement have been proposed recently.But in practice, these structures have obvious disadvantages.In this study, a nanohole based sensitivity enhancement SPR biosensor is proposed and the influence of different structural parameters on the performance is investigated by using rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA).Electromagnetic field distributions around the nanohole are also given out to directly explain the performance difference for various structural parameters.The results indicate that significant sensitivity increase is associated with localized surface plasmons (LSPs) excitation mediated by nanoholes.Except to outcome the weakness of other LSP based biosensors, larger resonance angle shift, reflectance amplitude, and sharper SPR curves' width are obtained simultaneously under optimized structural parameters.     

D-shape polymer optical fibres for surface plasmon resonance sensing

We experimentally studied three different D-shape polymer optical fibres with an exposed core for their applications as surface plasmon resonance sensors. The first one was a conventional D-shape fibre with no microstructure while in two others the fibre core was surrounded by two rings of air holes. In one of the microstructured fibres we introduced special absorbing inclusions placed outside the microstructure to attenuate leaky modes. We compared the performance of the surface plasmon resonance sensors based on the three fibres. We showed that the fibre bending enhances the resonance in all investigated fibres. The measured sensitivity of about 610 nm/RIU for the refractive index of glycerol solution around 1.350 is similar in all fabricated sensors. However, the spectral width of the resonance curve is significantly lower for the fibre with inclusions suppressing the leaky modes.     

Femtosecond surface plasmon resonance dynamics and electron-electron interactions in silver nanoparticles

Femtosecond excitation and relaxation of nonequilibrium electrons are investigated in silver clusters using a two color pump-probe technique with resonant excitation of the surface plasmon resonance and off resonant probing. The excitation process is shown to be identical to that in metal films, and permits creation of a strongly athermal single electron excitation in a time scale shorter than the duration of the pulses (25-30 fs), in agreement with the free-electron absorption model. Following the time evolution of the nonequilibrium distribution yields information on the internal energy redistribution dynamics of the conduction electrons and of its modification by confinement in metal clusters. Received 1st December 2000     

Phase-shift interferometry combined with surface plasmon resonance effect for two-dimensional bio-surface analysis

The phase-shift interferometry combined with surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect has been studied as a novel technique used to analyze the bio-surface, which measures the spatial phase variation of SPR reflected light. The spatial sensitivity of the SPR imaging sensor is improved over the conventional SPR imaging systems based on optical intensity.     

光强检测型光纤光栅温变不敏感动态压力传感研究

报道了基于光纤光栅反射谱带宽调制和光强差分检测技术实现单一光纤光栅温变不敏感动态压力传感的新方法。设计了一种结构新颖的双孔梁压力传感装置,依据双孔梁有限元受力分析将光纤光栅准确定位于线性梯度应变区,压力作用下光纤光栅反射谱对称展宽,反射光强线性正比于压力变化。基于光波导理论和材料力学原理推导了线性梯度应变场作用下光栅反射谱带宽、反射光强与压力之间的响应关系。利用光强差分检测技术取代传统波长解调方法,简化解调过程的同时传感系统免受温变影响。实验表明,在-10~80℃的温度变化范围内,系统测量误差小于总量程(120kPa)的1.8%,动态响应速度约80Hz,重复测量系统输出稳定,具有较好的应用价值。     

Quantitative model for the change of optical resonance in neural activity detection systems based on surface plasmon resonance

The mechanism of neural activity detection using the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomenon was theoretically explored in this paper. Investigating the mechanism of SPR neural recordings has been difficult due to the complex relationship between different physiological and physical processes such as excitation of a nerve fiber and coherent charge fluctuations on the metal surface. This paper examines how these different processes may be connected by introducing a set of compartmental theoretical models that deal with the molecular scale phenomena; Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation, which was used to describe the ion concentration change under the time varying electrostatic potential, Drude-Lorentz electron model, which was used to describe electron dynamics under the time varying external forces, and a Fresnel's three-layered model, which expresses the reflectivity of the SPR system in terms of the dielectric constants. Each physical theoretical model was numerically analyzed using the finite element method (FEM) formulated for the PB equation and the Green's method formulated for the Drude-Lorentz electron equation. The model predicts that the ionic thermal force originating from the opening of the K⁺ ion channel is fundamental for modifying the dipole moment of the gold's free electron; thus, the reflectivity is changed in the SPR system. The discussion was done also on important attributes of the SPR signal such as biphasic fluctuation and the electrical noise-free characteristics.