Gold island fiber optic sensor

Fabrice Meriaudeau; A. G. Wig; A. Passian; Todd R. Downey; Milan Buncick; Trinidad L. Ferrell

doi:10.1117/12.372960

9 December 1999 Gold island fiber optic sensor

Fabrice Meriaudeau, A. G. Wig, A. Passian, Todd R. Downey, Milan Buncick, Trinidad L. Ferrell

Proceedings Volume 3860, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology and Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372960
Event: Photonics East '99, 1999, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A fiber optic chemical sensor based on gold-island surface plasmon excitation is presented. The sensing part of the fiber is the end of the fiber onto which a thin layer of gold has been deposited to form a particulate surface. Annealing the gold reshapes the particles and produces an optical absorbance near 535 nm with the fiber in air. The optical absorption resonance of the gold particles is shifted if the fiber is immersed in a medium other than air. These resonance shifts are examined by transmission spectroscopy through the fiber. Experimental results for the sensitivity and dynamic range in the measurement of liquid solutions are in agreement with a basic theoretical model which characterizes the surface plasmon using nonretarded electrodynamics.

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Fabrice Meriaudeau, A. G. Wig, A. Passian, Todd R. Downey, Milan Buncick, and Trinidad L. Ferrell "Gold island fiber optic sensor", Proc. SPIE 3860, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology and Applications, (9 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372960

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