Phase sensitive diffraction sensor for high sensitivity refractive index measurement

Nityanand Kumawat; Manoj Varma; Sunil Kumar

doi:10.1117/12.2289740

20 February 2018 Phase sensitive diffraction sensor for high sensitivity refractive index measurement

Nityanand Kumawat, Manoj Varma, Sunil Kumar

Proceedings Volume 10501, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XVIII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics; 105010C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289740
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this study a diffraction based sensor has been developed for bio molecular sensing applications and performing assays in real time. A diffraction grating fabricated on a glass substrate produced diffraction patterns both in transmission and reflection when illuminated by a laser diode. We used zeroth order I_(0,0) as reference and first order I_(0,1) as signal channel and conducted ratiometric measurements that reduced noise by more than 50 times. The ratiometric approach resulted in a very simple instrumentation with very high sensitivity. In the past, we have shown refractive index measurements both for bulk and surface adsorption using the diffractive self-referencing approach. In the current work we extend the same concept to higher diffraction orders. We have considered order I_(0,1) and I_(1,1) and performed ratiometric measurements I_(0,1)/I_(1,1) to eliminate the common mode fluctuations. Since orders I_(0,1) and I_(1,1) behaved opposite to each other, the resulting ratio signal amplitude increased more than twice compared to our previous results. As a proof of concept we used different salt concentrations in DI water. Increased signal amplitude and improved fluid injection system resulted in more than 4 times improvement in detection limit, giving limit of detection 1.3×10^-7 refractive index unit (RIU) compared to our previous results. The improved refractive index sensitivity will help significantly for high sensitivity label free bio sensing application in a very cost-effective and simple experimental set-up.

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Nityanand Kumawat, Manoj Varma, and Sunil Kumar "Phase sensitive diffraction sensor for high sensitivity refractive index measurement", Proc. SPIE 10501, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XVIII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics, 105010C (20 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289740

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Refractive index

Diffraction

Sensors

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