The ultrathin fiber taper fabricated by adiabatically stretching a heated single-mode optical fiber (SMF) is made in a C-shape bent to form a modal interferometer. The interference fringes due to the mode beating in the multimode taper waist are dependent on the bending radius. Under an optimized bending radius, a maximum 18 dB interference depth can be obtained. The influence of the fiber taper geometry on the interference fringes is discussed. The proposed modal interferometer has a high refractive index (RI) sensitivity of ∼658 nm/RIU (refractive index unit) for RI= 1.333–1.353, which is expected to be useful for precision bio/chemical sensing applications.
We experimentally demonstrate the novel phenomena of photoluminescence (PL) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assisted three-color PL separating in DNA optical nanofibers consisting of the stretched and connected DNA-cetyltrimethyl ammonium wires. The PL experiments are performed to comparatively trace photon transmission between single dye-doped DNA-CTMA optical nanofiber and PMMA optical nanofiber. A cascade FRET including DNA minor groove binder and DNA intercalators is used to further trace photon transmission inside DNA-CTMA wire. These experimental results will help to intrigue the new applications of DNA-CTMA as molecular waveguide in optobioelectronics area.
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