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.     

倏逝波型光纤气体传感器研究进展

介绍了倏逝波的概念和反映倏逝波光纤气体传感特性的穿透深度参数Z_m。讨论了D形、锥形、纤芯裸露形、纤芯失配型和微结构光纤等不同倏逝波型气体传感的原理和特点,评述了其最新研究进展,对比分析了各传感器的优缺点。对倏逝波型光纤气体传感器的发展趋势进行了展望。     

Integrated waveguide sensor utilizing organic photodiodes

We present a novel optical sensor platform, combining monolithically integrated ring‐like sensor waveguides together with ring‐shaped thin‐film organic photodiodes (OPDs) on one substrate. The OPDs serve as integrated light detectors, simplifying the detection system by minimizing the number of required optical components. The waveguide structures, including a means of coupling light in and out of the waveguides, serve as sensing elements. The functionality of the concept is demonstrated by an integrated carbon dioxide sensor, utilizing absorbance as sensing principle. The integrated optical sensor platform is suitable for the parallel detection of multiple parameters in a single sensor chip using sensor arrays. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

光纤倏逝波生物传感器及其应用

以光纤倏逝波原理，研制成功一台光纤倏逝波生物传感器。该传感器对纯净的Cy5荧光染料溶液的检测灵敏度达0．01μmo1／1；对浓度为0．01μmo1／1的嗜肺军团菌核酸样品的测量信噪比为4．61。所有检测结果与商品化生物芯片扫描仪同时检测得到的结果具有很好的一致性。     

Evanescent Waves and Energy Conservation

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渐变折射率光波导转折点外指数衰减场的推导

证明了渐变折射率光源导转折点外的模场呈简单的指数衰减形式,指数衰减系数可用一恒定的等效折射率定义。     

Evanescent field fibre-optic chlorine sensor

An evanescent field fibre-optic sensor for detecting chlorine in water is proposed and studied experimentally. The technique is based upon evanescent field absorption through the colour development of reacting diethyl phenylene diamine with chlorine, which forms an azo compound. Sensor systems with single and multi-fibre sensing elements were designed, constructed and evaluated for linearity of response, sensitivity, and reproducibility of results. The experimental results establish the feasibility of detecting low concentration chlorine in water using the proposed method. The results for an improved design are indicative of reasonably good reproducibility and linearity of the sensor response.     

基于倏逝场微小粒子驱动技术研究进展

处于倏逝场中的微小粒子会受到辐射压力的作用而朝着倏逝场的传播方向运动,基于此原理的微小粒子驱动技术可用于介质颗粒、胶体颗粒、生物细胞等微小粒子的捕获和驱动.由于倏逝场光学微操作系统不会受到物镜焦深和激光光斑尺寸的限制,因此它比自由空间系统的优越性更强,而波导形成的光学力可以应用于长距离驱动,其仅仅受限于系统的散射和吸收...     

两能级原子在激光衰波场中的共振反射

在共振情况下求解两能级原子在激光衰波场中的薛定谔方程，得到了基态原子反射率Ｒｇ、激发态原子反射率Ｒｅ以及原子总反射率Ｒｔ的解析表达式。然后通过数值计算，详细讨论了Ｒｇ、Ｒｅ，Ｒｔ与拉比频率，原子垂直于靶面方向运动的动能的依赖关系，得到一些有意义的结果。     

Design of Planar Optic Sensors for Hydrocarbon Detection

A realistic design of evanescent field optical sensors, constituted by three different kinds of planar waveguides covered by a sensing polymeric overlay, is performed. More precisely, the slab, the embedded strip and the ridge waveguides are considered. The sensor operation is simulated, in both the cases of lossy guided and leaky mode propagation, via a home made computer code. The optimal waveguide transverse section and length are identified, the advantages and drawbacks are shown. The ridge waveguide sensor exhibits appreciable characteristics: for a concentration C _w = 200 ppm of toluene in water, the absorbance pertaining to a device L = 2.6 cm long and for the guided quasi-TE₀₀ mode is A ≅ 5, while it is A ≅ 0.054 for a device long L ≅ 24.1 μm and the leaky quasi-TE₁₀ mode. The simulation results suggest that a selective excitation of the suitable propagation mode can enhance the sensor performance.     

Integrated fluorescence sensor based on ring‐shaped organic photodiodes

We demonstrate a novel sensor type, which is based on the monolithic integration of luminescent optical sensor spots together with ring‐shaped thin‐film organic photodiodes on one substrate. The organic photodiodes serve as integrated fluorescence detectors, simplifying the detection system by minimizing the number of required optical components. The proposed concept enables filter‐less discrimination between excitation light and generated fluorescence light. The functionality of the concept is demonstrated by an integrated oxygen sensor, exhibiting excellent performance. The sensor spots are excited by an assembled organic light emitting diode. The integrated optical sensor platform is suitable for the parallel detection of multiple parameters. Sensor schemes for the analytical parameters carbon dioxide, temperature and ammonia, are proposed.

     

Modelling of rib waveguide bends for sensor applications

Wave propagation through curved bends in integrated optical waveguides is governed by the evanescent field and the radiation loss of the eigenmodes. Since these parameters are influenced by the refractive index of the surrounding medium, circular bends in rib waveguides have been successfully employed as chemical sensors for liquids and gases. In this paper the electromagnetic field, the refractive index and the radiation loss of the eigenmodes are precisely determined by a fully vectorial approach based on the method of lines. An axial discretization and Bessel functions of complex order are employed for the rigorous computation of the evanescent field. The intensity distributions of the first modes in a rib waveguide are presented. The influence of the rib height on the sensitivity of the modal index to the refractive index of the surrounding medium is investigated. The results are useful for the optimization of the sensor design.     

Simulations and Velocity Measurements for a Microparticle in an Evanescent Field

We report theoretical calculations and experimental data for guiding of polystyrene microspheres in the evanescent field of an optical waveguide. The waveguides used in our experiments were made using Cs⁺ ion-exchange in soda lime glass, which gives efficient trapping and high guiding velocities. The computations were done using a generalized version of Mie scattering theory, which gives good agreement with our experimental results. © 2005 The Optical Society of Japan     

双层声波导乐甫波传感器的质量敏感度分析

本文推导了双层声波导结构乐甫波传感器的频散方程和质量敏感度。首先,根据连续边界条件求解声波波动方程,并推导双层声波导结构下乐甫波传播的频散方程;然后根据微扰理论推导乐甫波传感器的质量敏感度。文中并最后给出基于ST-90°X石英基片的乐甫波传感器的算例分析。基片表面依次覆盖二氧化硅和金两层声波导,根据上述推导式子计算出乐甫波相速度及质量敏感度随着声波导层厚度变化的特性。结果表明:声波导层厚度增加时,乐甫波相速度减小,乐甫波模式增多,控制波导层厚度可以获得单一的乐甫波模式;选择波导层的厚度,乐甫波传感器可获得最大质量敏感度。     

基于阵列倏逝波荧光传感器的雌二醇免疫检测方法

近年来,环境内分泌干扰物愈来愈受到人们的关注。对其用传统的检测技术分析,过程复杂、耗时长、价格昂贵,因此急需发展灵敏度高、反应迅速快、价格低廉的检测手段。介绍了一种平面波导型阵列倏逝波荧光生物传感器,在对系统光路参数进行模拟优化的基础上,可实现24个传感位点的同步、快速、灵敏检测。基于此阵列倏逝波荧光传感器,运用间接竞争免疫检测模式,优化并建立环境内分泌干扰物雌二醇的标准检测条件。实验结果表明,入射角在61.8°时,系统灵敏度最高。该方法对雌二醇检测线性检测区间为0.08~2.52 μg·L-1,检测限为0.05 μg·L-1,半抑制浓度为0.46 μg·L-1,完成单次样品的检测时间为20 min。利用该传感器对污水处理厂出水进行加标回收测试,回收率在84%~120%之间,相对标准偏差小于15%,表明该方法能够用于实际水体中雌二醇的快速检测。     

Nanohybrids investigation by waveguide SNOM illumination mode

We demonstrate how optical waveguides can serve as a high resolution illumination source to image hybrid nano-objects in near field optical microscopy. Nanohybrid particles deposited on the surface of glass waveguides are imaged in terms of topography, scattering and fluorescence.     

基于十字连通形环形谐振腔金属-介质-金属波导的折射率传感器和滤波器

提出了由十字连通形环形谐振腔耦合两个金属-介质-金属(metal-insulator-metal, MIM)波导的结构,并用有限元法数值研究了表面等离极化激元在结构中的传输特性.通过对透射谱的研究,系统地分析了MIM结构的传感特性.结果表明,在透射光谱中有三个共振峰,即存在三种共振模式,其中透射峰与材料的折射率呈线性关系.通过对结构参数的优化,得到了折射率灵敏度(S)高达1500 nm/RIU的理论值,相应的传感分辨率为1.33×10~(-4)RIU.更重要的是,灵敏度不受结构参数变化的影响,这意味着传感器的灵敏度不受制造偏差的影响.此外,谐振波长与环形腔中心半径成线性关系,该器件在较大波长范围内实现可调谐带通滤波.透射强度随着波导与环形腔间距的增大而减小,透射带宽同时减小,因此,可以通过控制环形腔与波导的耦合距离来调谐透射强度及透射带宽.研究结果对高灵敏度纳米级折射率传感器和带通滤波器的设计以及在生物传感器方面的应用都具有一定的指导意义.     

Generation of sub-half-wavelength micro-optical traps by dichroic evanescent standing waves

The bi-dimensional optical lattices formed by several sets of laser evanescent standing waves propagating at the surface of a dielectric prism are investigated. The characteristics of the optical traps including their depths and the sizes are analysed. It is shown that the micro-optical lattice with a sub-half-wavelength size can be achieved by the interference of the selected evanescent waves. The scheme together with the recently developed atomic chip may be used for atomic quantum manipulation.     

倏逝波抽运的回音壁模式激光增益计算

倏逝波抽运条件下的回音壁模式光纤激光器增益计算,涉及抽运光束在光纤内的角度分布函数及其数值计算。基于射线光学理论,推导出了高斯分布光束及均匀分布光束经透镜耦合后在光纤内表面的角度分布函数;采用复合辛普生数值积分公式对分布函数进行了数值计算,并用分布函数计算的结果研究了抽运光沿光纤轴向以受抑全反射方式传播时产生的回音壁模式激光的增益特性。所得结果对这类光纤激光器的研究具有理论和实验参考价值。