TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical sensing using infrared flattened fiber evanescent wave spectroscopy
AU - Spector, Oded
AU - German, Alla
AU - Nagly, Lev
AU - Katzir, Abraham
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The present paper describes a technique for enhancing the signal of fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) in the infrared region, by flattening the sensing part of the fiber. FEWS is a novel method for measuring the absorption spectra of chemicals in contact with a segment of an optical fiber. It enables remote in-situ measurements using an optically closed system. The feasibility of FEWS for detecting chemical substances in air, water or biological liquids was proven. Theoretical computations and simulations found that the absorption signal is inversely proportional to the thickness of the fiber. These results were experimentally verified. A technique for flattening a central part of silver-halide (AgClxBr1-x) fibers was developed. Fibers of thickness down to 50 μ were produced, and tests proved their enhanced evanescent wave spectroscopy performance. This will be important, in particular, for water or soil pollution monitoring, where extremely small quantities of pollutants have to be detected in a solution.
AB - The present paper describes a technique for enhancing the signal of fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) in the infrared region, by flattening the sensing part of the fiber. FEWS is a novel method for measuring the absorption spectra of chemicals in contact with a segment of an optical fiber. It enables remote in-situ measurements using an optically closed system. The feasibility of FEWS for detecting chemical substances in air, water or biological liquids was proven. Theoretical computations and simulations found that the absorption signal is inversely proportional to the thickness of the fiber. These results were experimentally verified. A technique for flattening a central part of silver-halide (AgClxBr1-x) fibers was developed. Fibers of thickness down to 50 μ were produced, and tests proved their enhanced evanescent wave spectroscopy performance. This will be important, in particular, for water or soil pollution monitoring, where extremely small quantities of pollutants have to be detected in a solution.
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AN - SCOPUS:0033313534
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 3849
SP - 189
EP - 195
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 Infrared Optical Fibers and their Applications
Y2 - 21 September 1999 through 22 September 1999
ER -