• 文献标题:   A Gas-Liquid Sensor Functionalized With Graphene-Oxide on Chalcogenide Tapered Fiber by Chemical Etching
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   QI QY, CHU LY, ZHOU WJ, ZHANG PQ, WANG XS, DAI SX, XU TF
  • 作者关键词:   optical fiber sensor, optical fiber, sensitivity, optical surface wave, chemical, optical fiber cable, glas, chalcogenide tapered fiber, chemical etching, gasliquid sensor, grapheneoxide
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0733-8724 EI 1558-2213
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  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1109/JLT.2021.3104407
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

This work presents a gas-liquid sensor based on chalcogenide etched-tapered fiber (ETF) functionalized with graphene oxide film. Unlike the preparation of conventional tapered fiber sensors, the core diameter of the optical fiber of this gas-liquid sensor was kept constant, and part of its cladding was removed via the chemical corrosion method that the fiber optic modes were the invariant. The energy distribution of transmission mode in the original fiber and tapered fiber is simulated respectively, and obtained the conclusion that the tapered fiber structure has higher sensing sensitivity. The sensors could detect VOCs such as formaldehyde (HCOH) and butane (C4H10) in the mid-infrared band. Results showed that the ETF sensor had a high detection sensitivity of both HCOH solution (2.6731 a.u./mg center dot mL(-1)) and C4H10 gas (0.2773 a.u./vol.%). A layer of graphene oxide (GO) film was coated on the ETF to further improve the sensitivity of the sensor. The GO coated etched-tapered fiber (GO-ETF) sensor' sensitivity was substantially improved owing to the strong hydrophilicity and biocompatibility of GO which can absorb bioactive molecules. The high detection sensitivity of both solution and gas were 4.5091 a.u./mg center dot mL(-1) and 0.4812 a.u./vol.%, respectively, which were 1.69 and 1.74 times higher than that of the sensor without a coating of GO film. The results further showed that the sensor had a rapid response speed, low detection limit, good repeatability, and stability.