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Fiber-optic pH-sensors in long-period fiber gratings using electrostatic self-assembly

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Abstract

A novel pH sensor based on the deposition of electrostatic self-assembled polyallylamine hydrochloride and polyacrylic acid on the cladding of a long-period fiber grating has been designed. The overlay thickness is of the order of magnitude of the light wavelength used to interrogate the sensor. A theoretical model of multilayer cylindrical waveguides based on coupled-mode theory has been used to predict the position of the attenuation bands as a function of the overlay thickness. A study of the role that pH plays in the thickness of the sensitive overlay was carried out. Experimentally, a wavelength shift of the attenuation bands of up to 85nm was obtained in the 4–7 range of pH units. The results are reproducible, which indicates the possibilities of a multiple-use sensor.

© 2006 Optical Society of America

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