Ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on graphene coated hollow core fiber

Abstract

A high-quality nanolayer graphene (NLG) coated hollow core fiber (HCF) platform has been demonstrated for accurate monitoring of refractive index (RI) changes so far mainly operate in liquids but not in air. The NLG with high index is deposited on the outer surface of the HCF, and an enhanced anti-resonant reflecting guidance is formed, which induces sharp periodic lossy dips in the transmission spectrum. A cute experiment conducted interrogating the transmission intensity of the lossy dip demonstrates a high resolution of 2.73×10-6 RIU and a sensitivity of -365.9 dB/RIU, which is two or three times higher than that of intensity-modulated RI sensors reported previously. We believe that this configuration opens research directions for highly sensitive sensing in researches of chemistry, medicine, and biology.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOCN.2017.8121385
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Funding Information: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (61505119, 11174064, 61308027, and 61377090), National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (BX201600077), Brain Gain Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunic
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Event Title: 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2017
Event Type: Other
Event Dates: 2017-08-07 - 2017-08-10
Uncontrolled Keywords: Air,Graphene,Hollow core fiber,Refractive index sensing,Computer Networks and Communications,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
ISBN: 9781538632734
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2024 08:08
Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2018 14:10
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PURE Output Type: Conference contribution
Published Date: 2017-12-01
Published Online Date: 2017-12-01
Accepted Date: 2017-11-30
Authors: Huang, Meng
Sun, Bing
Wei, Wei
Wan, Hongdan
Zhang, Zuxing
Zhang, Lin (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1691-5577)

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