Giant sensitivity of optical fiber sensors by means of lossy moderesonance

Here we show an optical refractometer with a giant sensitivity of 304,360 nm per refractive index unit(nm/RIU). This sensitivity corresponds to a resolution of 3.28 × 10−9RIU if a standard optical spectrumanalyzer with a resolution of 1 pm is used. This record sensitivity is obtained by means of a l...

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Autores: Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier, Del Villar, Ignacio, Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos, Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo, Matías Maestro, Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/28101
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/28101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:D-shaped fiber
Lossy mode resonance
Optical fiber sensor
Refractometer
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Sumario:Here we show an optical refractometer with a giant sensitivity of 304,360 nm per refractive index unit(nm/RIU). This sensitivity corresponds to a resolution of 3.28 × 10−9RIU if a standard optical spectrumanalyzer with a resolution of 1 pm is used. This record sensitivity is obtained by means of a lossy moderesonance (LMR) optical fiber sensor in a surrounding media with refractive index around 1.45. Thisachievement implies that the utilization of the LMR phenomenon opens the door to devices and systemsthat can beat, in terms of sensitivity, those used currently in real-time biomolecular analysis such assurface plasmon resonance (SPR) devices.