Journal
OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2022.102929
Keywords
Lossy-mode resonance; Titanium oxynitrides; DC magnetron sputtering; No-core fiber; Fiber refractometers
Funding
- Fondo de Investigacion UPAEP 2020 project
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In this study, we propose and demonstrate the use of titanium oxynitrides (TiOxNy) as a flexible material for lossy-mode resonance (LMR) fiber sensing. The LMR characteristics of TiOxNy were investigated in a multimode fiber structure, where a no-core fiber coated with a thin film of TiOxNy was used. The results showed that a suitable sputtered coating with thickness of around 270 nm could generate the 2nd LMR order within the 1.55 μm wavelength range and exhibit high sensitivity to liquid refractive index variations.
We propose and demonstrate the use of titanium oxynitrides (TiOxNy) as flexible material for lossy-mode resonance (LMR) fiber sensing applications. The LMR characteristics of TiOxNy are investigated for a fiber refractometer consisting of a multimode fiber structure, which includes a no-core fiber coated with a thin film of TiOxNy, because of transitional phases between TiN and TiO2. The material coating was achieved through the N-O exchange during the film synthesis by reactive-magnetron DC sputtering. For a suitable sputtered coating with thickness of similar to 270 nm, the 2nd LMR order is generated within the 1.55 mu m wavelength region, compatible with fiber optic systems. The spectral response for the 2nd and the 3rd LMR orders of the candidate fiber structure was characterized for liquid refractive index (RI) variations from a set of isopropyl alcohol (IPA)/glycerin solutions. For glycerin concentrations ranged from 0% to 35% (RI from 1.3602 to 1.4091), it was found that the 2nd LMR order is significantly more sensitive than the 3rd LMR order, whose sensitivities are of 1238.445 nm/RIU and 111.39 nm/RIU, respectively.
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