Ultrasensitive sensing in air based on graphene-coated hollow core fibers

Abstract

The mismatching between permittivities of guided mode and air limits the operation of accurately monitoring the change in the refractive index of the surrounding air. To solve it, we propose a platform using a hollow core fiber with the integration of graphene coating. Experimental results demonstrate that the anti-resonant reflecting guidance has been enhanced while it induces sharply and periodically lossy dips in the transmission spectrum. We conclude a sensitivity of -365.9 dB/RIU and a high detection limit of 2.73 × 10?6 RIU by means of interrogating the intensity of the lossy dips. We believe that this configuration opens a direction for highly sensitive sensing in researches of chemistry, medicine, and biology.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.003098
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Funding Information: National Natural Science Foundation of China (61505119, 61405125, 61425007); National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (BX201600077); Brain Gain Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NY215040); and the Key Laboratory
Additional Information: © 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
Uncontrolled Keywords: Fiber optics components, Fiber characterization,Fiber optics sensors, Nanomaterials,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 1094-4087
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2024 08:23
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2018 09:55
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2018-01-28
Accepted Date: 2018-01-24
Authors: Huang, Meng
Yang, Conghao
Sun, Bing
Zhang, Zuxing
Zhang, Lin (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1691-5577)

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