7 July 2022 In-line microfluidic sensor based on dual S-taper fiber interferometer for measurement of glucose concentration
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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate an in-line microfluidic sensor based on a dual S-taper multimode fiber interferometer (MFI) for glucose sensing. The dual S-taper MFI was fabricated by splicing two S-shaped fiber tapers with a commercially available fusion splicer. To realize in-line microfluidic sensing, the sensor was encapsulated into a capillary with the inlet and outlet to pump in and out the glucose sample solution using a syringe. Fourier frequency spectra of the transmission spectra under air and deionized water environments showed that multiple high-order modes simultaneously participated in the modal interference process. Experimental results indicated that the interference dip wavelength sensitivity reached 0.276  nm  /    (  g  /  dL  )   for the glucose concentration ranging from 0 to 25.0  g  /  dL. Our proposed glucose sensor has several advantages such as a compact structure, ease of fabrication, and low cost, which make it a promising candidate for in-line glucose sensing and other microfluidic sensing applications.

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Miaoling Yang, Yuan Yao, Hao Zhang, Xiangqian Hu, Wei Lin, Bo Liu, and Haifeng Liu "In-line microfluidic sensor based on dual S-taper fiber interferometer for measurement of glucose concentration," Optical Engineering 61(7), 077101 (7 July 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.7.077101
Received: 19 April 2022; Accepted: 22 June 2022; Published: 7 July 2022
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KEYWORDS
Glucose

Sensors

Microfluidics

Interferometers

Environmental sensing

Cladding

Optical engineering

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