Liquid-core photonic crystal fiber platform for raman scattering measurements of microliter analyte solutions

Yun Han; Maung Khaing Oo; Yinian Zhu; Svetlana Sukhishvili; Limin Xiao; M. Süleyman Demokan; Wei Jin; Henry Du

doi:10.1117/12.769001

15 October 2007 Liquid-core photonic crystal fiber platform for raman scattering measurements of microliter analyte solutions

Yun Han, Maung Khaing Oo, Yinian Zhu, Svetlana Sukhishvili, Limin Xiao, M. Süleyman Demokan, Wei Jin, Henry Du

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Proceedings Volume 6767, Photonic Crystals and Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications III; 67670G (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.769001
Event: Optics East, 2007, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We have explored the use of index-guiding liquid-core photonic crystal fiber (LC-PCF) as a platform for sensing and measurements of analyte solutions of minute volume by normal and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The index-guiding LC-PCF was fabricated by selectively sealing via fusion splicing the cladding air channels of a hollow-core PCF (HC-PCF) while leaving the center core open at both ends of the fiber. The center core of the resultant fiber was subsequently filled with water-ethanol solution mixtures at various ethanol concentrations for normal Raman scattering measurements and with water-thiocynate solutions containing Ag nanoparticle aggregates for SERS detection of thiocynate at trace concentrations. The light-guiding nature in the solution phase inside the LC-PCF allows direct and strong light-field overlap with the solution phase over the entire length of the PCF (~30 cm). This detection scheme also dramatically reduces the contribution of silica to Raman spectral background, compared with the solid-core counterpart, thus its potential interference in spectral analysis. These features attribute to ready normal Raman measurements of water, ethanol, and water (99 vol.%)-ethanol (1 vol.%) solutions as well as sensitive and reproducible SERS detection of ~10 ppb thiocynate in water, all at a volume of ~0.1 μL.

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Yun Han, Maung Khaing Oo, Yinian Zhu, Svetlana Sukhishvili, Limin Xiao, M. Süleyman Demokan, Wei Jin, and Henry Du "Liquid-core photonic crystal fiber platform for raman scattering measurements of microliter analyte solutions", Proc. SPIE 6767, Photonic Crystals and Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications III, 67670G (15 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.769001

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