• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 3, 662 (2022)
Zijie Wang, Xiaobei Zhang*, Qi Zhang, Yiqi Chen, Yong Yang, Yang Yu, Yang Wang, Yanhua Dong, Yi Huang, and Tingyun Wang
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  • Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.450535 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zijie Wang, Xiaobei Zhang, Qi Zhang, Yiqi Chen, Yong Yang, Yang Yu, Yang Wang, Yanhua Dong, Yi Huang, Tingyun Wang. Monitoring and identifying pendant droplets in microbottle resonators[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 662 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Optofluidic resonators are capable of characterizing various fluidic media. Here, we propose an optofluidic microbottle resonator (OFMBR) that is applied to generate pendant droplets, whose maximum mass is related to the liquid surface tension. Mass and type of droplets forming along the OFMBR stem can be monitored in real time by spectrum variation. As a pendant droplet grows, increased droplet gravity introduces a decreased coupling gap and compressive force between the tapered fiber and OFMBR, leading to a resonance wavelength shift. The operation mechanism of the proposed sensors is validated by theoretical simulation and experimental results. From the experimental spectra, a liquid mass sensor with maximum sensitivity of -3.34 pm/mg is obtained, and distilled water and alcohol can be identified. This scheme provides a new thread for droplet generation as well as fluidic properties characterization.
    m=ρdrovt,

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    r=(3vt4π)13,

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    dλλ=dRR+dnn,

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    (μ+G)·u+G2u=0,

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    Zijie Wang, Xiaobei Zhang, Qi Zhang, Yiqi Chen, Yong Yang, Yang Yu, Yang Wang, Yanhua Dong, Yi Huang, Tingyun Wang. Monitoring and identifying pendant droplets in microbottle resonators[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 662
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