• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 2, 020601 (2020)
Yu Zhang1, Yongzhi Li1, Chao Liu1, Zhihai Liu1、2、*, Yaxun Zhang1、**, Xinghua Yang1, Jianzhong Zhang1, Jun Yang1, and Libo Yuan3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry of Education, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • 2National Demonstration Center for Experimental Physics Education, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • 3Photonics Research Center, Guilin University of Electronics Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.020601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yu Zhang, Yongzhi Li, Chao Liu, Zhihai Liu, Yaxun Zhang, Xinghua Yang, Jianzhong Zhang, Jun Yang, Libo Yuan. Dual-channel microfluidic sensor based on side-hole fiber with two long-period fiber gratings[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(2): 020601 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and demonstrate a dual-channel microfluidic sensor based on a side-hole fiber (SHF) with two long-period fiber grating (LPFG) structures. There are two air holes in the SHF, which are natural microfluidic channels. We fabricate two LPFGs (long-period gratings LPG-A and LPG-B) in the SHF with the resonance wavelengths of 1268.7 nm and 1385.8 nm, respectively. Results show that the refractive index sensitivities of LPG-A and LPG-B are ?76.0 nm/RIU and ?71.1 nm/RIU, respectively. One can measure the refractive index of liquid samples in two channels simultaneously. The proposed dual-channel microfluidic sensor has advantages of good linearity response, fluidic technology compatibility, and easy light input/output coupling and system integration, which helps the sensor to have a potential application in environmental detection and food safety detection.
    λi=(ncorenclad(i))Λ,(1)

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    [ΔλAΔλB]=[KLPGA,chAKLPGA,chBKLPGB,chAKLPGB,chB]·[ΔnAΔnB]=K·[ΔnAΔnB],(2)

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    [ΔλAΔλB]=[76.040.647.971.1]·[ΔnAΔnB].(3)

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    [ΔnAΔnB]=1D·[KLPGB,chBKLPGA,chBKLPGB,chAKLPGA,chA][ΔλAΔλB],(4)

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    [ΔnAΔnB]=13460·[71.140.647.976.0][ΔλAΔλB].(5)

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    Yu Zhang, Yongzhi Li, Chao Liu, Zhihai Liu, Yaxun Zhang, Xinghua Yang, Jianzhong Zhang, Jun Yang, Libo Yuan. Dual-channel microfluidic sensor based on side-hole fiber with two long-period fiber gratings[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(2): 020601
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