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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Spectral Optical Readout of Rectangular-Miniature Hollow Glass Tubing for Refractive Index Sensing.

Giulia Rigamonti, Valentina Bello, Sabina Merlo

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giulia RigamontiDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. giulia.rigamonti01@universitadipavia.it.
Valentina BelloDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. valentina.bello01@universitadipavia.it.
Sabina MerloDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. sabina.merlo@unipv.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2559-5939
University of Pavia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For answering the growing demand of innovative micro-fluidic devices able to measure the refractive index of samples in extremely low volumes, this paper presents an overview of the performances of a micro-opto-fluidic sensing platform that employs rectangular, miniature hollow glass tubings. The operating principle is described by showing the analytical model of the tubing, obtained as superposition of different optical cavities, and the optical readout method based on spectral reflectivity detection. We have analyzed, in particular, the theoretical and experimental optical features of rectangular tubings with asymmetrical geometry, thus with channel depth larger than the thickness of the glass walls, though all of them in the range of a few tens of micrometers. The origins of the complex line-shape of the spectral response in reflection, due to the different cavities formed by the tubing flat walls and channel, have been investigated using a Fourier transform analysis. The implemented instrumental configuration, based on standard telecom fiberoptic components and a semiconductor broadband optical source emitting in the near infrared wavelength region centered at 1.55 µm, has allowed acquisition of reflectivity spectra for experimental verification of the expected theoretical behavior. We have achieved detection of refractive index variations related to the change of concentration of glucose-water solutions flowing through the tubing by monitoring the spectral shift of the optical resonances.

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optical resonatoroptical spectral measurementsrectangular glass tubingrefractive index sensingresponse curves

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PMID29462907
PMCPMC5856128
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