DocumentCode
2239081
Title
Quantitative broadband chemical sensing in air-suspended solid-core fibers
Author
Euser, T.G. ; Chen, J.S.Y. ; Farrer, N.J. ; Scharrer, M. ; Sadler, P.J. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution
Max Planck Res. Group (IOIP), Erlangen
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report a sensitive evanescent field sensor using air-suspended solid-core fibers. Excellent agreement between measured and calculated mode profiles allows us to measure quantitative broadband absorption spectra with sample volumes as low as 1 muL.
Keywords
chemical sensors; chemical variables measurement; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; optical materials; photonic crystals; spectrochemical analysis; air-suspended solid-core fibers; broadband absorption spectra; hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; mode profile; quantitative broadband chemical sensing; sensitive evanescent field sensor; Absorption; Chemicals; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber theory; Optical sensors; Photonic crystal fibers; Power measurement; Silicon compounds; Volume measurement; Wavelength measurement; (060.2370) Fiber optics sensors; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571576
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