Silver halide fiber-based evanescent-wave liquid droplet sensing with room temperature mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers
Journal
Optics Express
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
16
Pages
5953-5960
Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Abstract
Quantum cascade lasers and unclad silver halide fibers were used to assemble mid-infrared fiber-optics evanescent-wave sensors suitable to measure the chemical composition of liquid droplets. The laser wavelengths were chosen to be in the regions which offer the largest absorption contrast between constituents inside the mixture droplets. A pseudo-Beer-Lambert law fits well with the experimental data. Using a 300£gm diameter fiber with a 25 mm immersion length, the signal to noise ratios correspond to 1 vol.% for a-tocophenol in squalane and 2 vol.% for acetone in aqueous solution for laser wavenumbers of 1208 cm-1 and 1363 cm-1, respectively. ? 2005 Optical Society of America.
Type
journal article