EventsThe 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics 2017
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This submission belongs to the session 14. Optical fibers and fabrics of the event The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics 2017
Published date
21 Jul, 2017
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Changrui Liao, Yiping Wang, Zhengyong Li, Fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer for Bovine Serum Albumin sensing, in Proceedings of The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics 2017, Singapore, 25 July–28 July 2017, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/optofluidics2017-04587
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Fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer for Bovine Serum Albumin sensing

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Zhengyong Li 1
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1. Shenzhen University
Abstract

An innovative label free optical fiber biosensor based on Mach-Zehender interferometer for Bovine Serum Albumin density detection will be introduced. The fiber biosensor employs a micro-cavity within the single mode fiber to form Mach-Zehender interference. The device is fabricated by means of femtosecond laser micromachining and chemical etching. Such a fiber interferometer exhibits an ultrahigh refractive index sensitivity of -10055 nm/RIU. The biosensor exerted the BSA solution concentration sensitivity of -38.9 nm/(mg/mL) and detection limit of 257 ng/mL respectively.

Keywords
optical fiber biosensor
femtosecond laser micromachining
chemical etching
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