Intrinsic fiber optical gas sensor based on surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy

Matthias Niggemann; Andreas Katerkamp; Maria Pellmann; Peter Bolsmann; Joerg Reinbold; Karl Cammann

doi:10.1117/12.221744

29 September 1995 Intrinsic fiber optical gas sensor based on surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy

Matthias Niggemann, Andreas Katerkamp, Maria Pellmann, Peter Bolsmann, Joerg Reinbold, Karl Cammann

Proceedings Volume 2508, Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Fiber Sensors VII; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221744
Event: European Symposium on Optics for Environmental and Public Safety, 1995, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A miniaturized fiber optical sensor based on surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy is investigated in view of the detection of organic solvent vapors, particularly tetrachloroethene. Surface plasmons are excited on a silver coated multimode fiber by polychromatic light, and the resonant excitation is detected as a resonant absorption band in the measured output spectrum. When the analyte is absorbed in a thin gas-sensitive polysiloxane film deposited on the silver layer the polymer film changes its thickness and its refractive index. These changes result in a wavelength shift of the resonant curve depending on the analyte gas concentration. Theoretical considerations about the sensing effect are made and resonance curves were computer-simulated. Based on this simulation the layout of all sensor parameters was optimized. The sensor shows an excellent response to tetrachloroethene with a response time of two seconds and high reporducibility. Using self-assembling monolayers on the silver surface a long-term stability of more than three months is obtained. The sensor shows low cross sensitivities less than 1% to other solvent vapors like aceton and ethanol, furthermore, the influence of humidity is very low. This miniaturized fiber optical sensor in combination with an easy-to-handle and non-sophisticated measuring and evaluation unit is excellently suitable for the remote sensing of special organic solvent vapors.

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Matthias Niggemann, Andreas Katerkamp, Maria Pellmann, Peter Bolsmann, Joerg Reinbold, and Karl Cammann "Intrinsic fiber optical gas sensor based on surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 2508, Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Fiber Sensors VII, (29 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221744

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