Graphene oxide as a tunable platform for microsphere-based optical fiber sensors

Catarina S. Monteiro; Maria Raposo; Paulo Ribeiro; Susana Silva; Orlando Frazão

doi:10.1117/12.2527267

3 October 2019 Graphene oxide as a tunable platform for microsphere-based optical fiber sensors

Catarina S. Monteiro, Maria Raposo, Paulo Ribeiro, Susana Silva, Orlando Frazão

Proceedings Volume 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 112070X (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527267
Event: IV International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics (AOP 2019), 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

Hollow microsphere fiber sensors are Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPI) that can be used for lateral loading, temperature, and refractive index sensing. In this work, graphene oxide (GO) is explored as a tunable platform for enhancing the spectral properties of hollow microsphere fiber sensors. GO offers similar mechanical and optical properties as graphene, with the advantage of a wider range of deposition methods and a lower cost. The influence of multilayer coatings of polyethylenimine (PEI) and GO, achieved with the layer-by-layer technique, on the reflectivity of the outer surface, and hence, on the spectrum of the FPI for maximum of 30 bilayers was studied. The obtained results revealed a change of the microsphere outer surface reflectivity and also of visibility of the reflected spectrum when varying the number of bilayers. A maximum signal amplitude of 3.9 dB was attained for the 13th bilayer, allowing to conclude that PEI/GO multilayer coatings can be used for enhancing desired properties of the three-wave FPI for different sensing applications.

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Catarina S. Monteiro, Maria Raposo, Paulo Ribeiro, Susana Silva, and Orlando Frazão "Graphene oxide as a tunable platform for microsphere-based optical fiber sensors", Proc. SPIE 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 112070X (3 October 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527267

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