Refractive index sensing properties of long-period fibre grating with sol-gel derived coatings

Long-period fibre gratings (LPGs) have previously been used to detect quantities such as temperature, strain and refractive index (RI). The responsivity to surrounding refractive index means that, potentially, LPGs could be realised as optical biosensors for applications in biochemical and biomedica...

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Main Authors: Davies, E., Lin Zhang, Bennion, I., Viitala, R., Salomaki, M., Areva, S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical optical imaging
Capacitive sensors
Coatings
Fiber gratings
Optical refraction
Optical sensors
Optical variables control
Refractive index
Temperature sensors
Titanium
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Summary:Long-period fibre gratings (LPGs) have previously been used to detect quantities such as temperature, strain and refractive index (RI). The responsivity to surrounding refractive index means that, potentially, LPGs could be realised as optical biosensors for applications in biochemical and biomedical application areas. We report here to our best knowledge the first investigation on refractive index sensing properties of LPGs with sol-gel derived titanium and silicon oxide coatings. It is revealed that the RI sensitivity of an LPG is affected by both the thickness and the index value of the coating; the coating with higher index and thickness will enhance the LPG RI sensitivity significantly. The surrounding refractive index induced LPG resonance shift has been evaluated over the LPGspsila most sensitive RI region from 1.42 to 1.44. We have identified that, in this region, the uncoated LPG has an RI sensitivity of (-673.0 plusmn 0.4)nm/uri (unit of refractive index) while the LPG coated with titanium oxide exhibits a sensitivity as high as (-1067.15 plusmn 0.04)nm/uri.
ISSN:1930-0395
2168-9229
DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716437