Picoliter-volume glucose concentration microsensor based on miniature abrupt-tapered Mach-Zehnder-interferometer

Zhi-Zheng Feng; Tsung-Hsun Yang; Nan-Kuang Chen; Yi-Ning Chen; Yu-Chung Chang

doi:10.1117/12.904699

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30 January 2012 Picoliter-volume glucose concentration microsensor based on miniature abrupt-tapered Mach-Zehnder-interferometer

Zhi-Zheng Feng, Tsung-Hsun Yang, Nan-Kuang Chen, Yi-Ning Chen, Yu-Chung Chang

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Proceedings Volume 8218, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XII; 821807 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.904699
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report an ultracompact Mach-Zehnder index sensor with a device length of 438.6 μm using two micro-abrupt-tapers in a cladding-reduced strongly-guiding fiber based on a focused CO₂ laser beam. The cladding of strongly-guiding fiber is chemically etched before irradiated by a focused CO₂ laser beam. The index sensitivity is 600 nm/refractive index unit respectively at around 1.37 μm wavelength with a volume of 31.2 picoliter optical liquid trapping at one micro-abrupt-taper. A 72 picoliter glucose liquid with concentration of 200 mg/dL can lead to a red-shift of 0.8 nm at 1.3 μm.

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Zhi-Zheng Feng, Tsung-Hsun Yang, Nan-Kuang Chen, Yi-Ning Chen, and Yu-Chung Chang "Picoliter-volume glucose concentration microsensor based on miniature abrupt-tapered Mach-Zehnder-interferometer", Proc. SPIE 8218, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XII, 821807 (30 January 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.904699

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