An optical fiber magnetic field sensor based on the single-mode-multimode-single-mode (SMS) structure and magnetic fluid (MF) is proposed and demonstrated. By using a piece of no-core fiber as the multimode waveguide in the SMS structure and MF sealed in a capillary tube as the magnetic sensitive media, which totally immersing the no-core fiber, an all-fiber magnetic sensor was fabricated. Interrogation of the magnetic field strength can be achieved either by measuring the dip wavelength shift of the transmission spectrum or by detecting the transmission loss at a specific wavelength. A demonstration sensor with sensitivities up to 905 pm/mT and 0.748 dB/mT was fabricated and investigated. A theoretical model for the design of the proposed device was developed and numerical simulations were performed.
It
has long been a challenge to develop strain sensors with large
gauge factor (GF) and high transparency for a broad strain range,
to which field silver nanowires (AgNWs) have recently been applied.
A dense nanowire (NW) network benefits achieving large stretchability,
while a sparse NW network favors realizing high transparency and sensitive
response to small strains. Herein, a patterned AgNW–acrylate
composite-based strain sensor is developed to circumvent the above
trade-off issue via a novel ultrasonication-based patterning technique,
where a water-soluble, UV-curable acrylate composite was blended with
AgNWs as both a tackifier and a photoresist for finely patterning
dense AgNWs to achieve high transparency, while maintaining good stretchability.
Moreover, the UV-cured AgNW–acrylate patterns are brittle and
capable of forming parallel cracks which effectively evade the Poisson
effect and thus increase the GF by more than 200-fold compared to
that of the bulk AgNW film-based strain sensor. As a result, the AgNW-based
strain sensor possesses a GF of ∼10,486 at a large strain (8%),
a high transparency of 90.3%, and a maximum stretchability of 20%
strain. The precise monitoring of human radial pulse and throat movements
proves the great potential of this sensor as a measurement module
for wearable healthcare systems.
A novel
strategy to modify the plasmonic interface by spin-coating
an overlayer of graphene oxide sheets (GOSs) on top of the surface
plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor is proposed and demonstrated. Thanks
to the excellent electrical conductivity, large surface area, and
high-refractive index of the GOSs layer, the GOSs-modified SPR (GOSs-SPR)
sensor achieves an improved sensitivity in the detection of bulky
refractive index solutions and bovine serum albumin (BSA) solutions. The
maximum sensitivity of 2715.1 nm/RIU achieved by three spin-coatings
shows an enhancement of 20.2% than the case without the modification
of the GOSs overlayer. Benefiting from the large surface area and
abundant surface functional groups, the GOSs-SPR sensor has a greater
sensitivity enhancement (up to 39.35%) in the detection of the BSA
molecules. Most importantly, we have firstly experimentally demonstrated
that the GOSs overlayer with thickness over hundreds nanometers can
still lead to a great enhancement of sensitivity of SPR sensors. Additionally,
the proposed modification method for the plasmonic interface is a
simple and effective strategy to boost the sensitivity in a chemical-free
and environment-friendly manner, without additional chemical or biological
amplification steps. These unique features make the proposed GOSs-SPR
biosensor a low-cost and biocompatible platform in the fields of biochemical
sensing, drug screening, and environmental monitoring.
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