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Ultra-sensitive all-fibre photothermal spectroscopy with large dynamic range.

ABSTRACT: Photothermal interferometry is an ultra-sensitive spectroscopic means for trace chemical detection in gas- and liquid-phase materials. Previous photothermal interferometry systems used free-space optics and have limitations in efficiency of light-matter interaction, size and optical alignment, and integration into photonic circuits. Here we exploit photothermal-induced phase change in a gas-filled hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre, and demonstrate an all-fibre acetylene gas sensor with a noise equivalent concentration of 2?p.p.b. (2.3 × 10(-9)?cm(-1) in absorption coefficient) and an unprecedented dynamic range of nearly six orders of magnitude. The realization of photothermal interferometry with low-cost near infrared semiconductor lasers and fibre-based technology allows a class of optical sensors with compact size, ultra sensitivity and selectivity, applicability to harsh environment, and capability for remote and multiplexed multi-point detection and distributed sensing.

SUBMITTER: Jin W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4403440 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ultra-sensitive all-fibre photothermal spectroscopy with large dynamic range.

Jin Wei W Cao Yingchun Y Yang Fan F Ho Hoi Lut HL

Nature communications 20150413

Photothermal interferometry is an ultra-sensitive spectroscopic means for trace chemical detection in gas- and liquid-phase materials. Previous photothermal interferometry systems used free-space optics and have limitations in efficiency of light-matter interaction, size and optical alignment, and integration into photonic circuits. Here we exploit photothermal-induced phase change in a gas-filled hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre, and demonstrate an all-fibre acetylene gas sensor with a noise ...[more]

PMID: 25866015

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