Tapered Fibre Optic Biosensor (TFOBS) by Optically Controlled Etching for Label-Free Glucose Concentration Monitoring - Biomedical Optics

Sergio Mena, Maria Morant, Juan Hurtado, Roberto Llorente

2018

Abstract

This paper proposes, designs and demonstrates experimentally a tapered fibre optic biosensor (TFOBS) fabricated by an optically controlled HF chemical etching. The fabricated device is demonstrated to operate properly as a label-free sensor for glucose concentration detection. This work presents a novel fabrication method of a single-mode TFOBS controlling the reaction rate by changing the HF concentration and monitoring the optical power variation at the fibre output. Two TFOBS fabricated with different cladding diameters are evaluated experimentally to sense different glucose concentrations observing the changes in the refractive index of the medium in various solvents. The sensing capabilities are evaluated by modal interferometry measurement of both intensity and phase variations of the received optical signal.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mena S., Morant M., Hurtado J. and Llorente R. (2018). Tapered Fibre Optic Biosensor (TFOBS) by Optically Controlled Etching for Label-Free Glucose Concentration Monitoring - Biomedical Optics.In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-286-8, pages 166-173. DOI: 10.5220/0006556301660173

in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics18,
author={Sergio Mena and Maria Morant and Juan Hurtado and Roberto Llorente},
title={Tapered Fibre Optic Biosensor (TFOBS) by Optically Controlled Etching for Label-Free Glucose Concentration Monitoring - Biomedical Optics},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2018},
pages={166-173},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006556301660173},
isbn={978-989-758-286-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Tapered Fibre Optic Biosensor (TFOBS) by Optically Controlled Etching for Label-Free Glucose Concentration Monitoring - Biomedical Optics
SN - 978-989-758-286-8
AU - Mena S.
AU - Morant M.
AU - Hurtado J.
AU - Llorente R.
PY - 2018
SP - 166
EP - 173
DO - 10.5220/0006556301660173