| Title: | Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Microstructured Optical Fibers to Detect Gases and Volatile Organic Compounds-A Review |
| Author(s): | Lopez-Torres D; Elosua C; Arregui FJ; |
| Address: | "Optical Communications Group, Electric and Electronic Engineering Department, Public University of Navarra, Edif. Los Tejos, Campus Arrosadia, 31006 Pamplona, Spain. Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Centro Jeronimo de Ayanz, Campus Arrosadia, 31006 Pamplona, Spain" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1424-8220 (Electronic) 1424-8220 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Since the first publications related to microstructured optical fibers (MOFs), the development of optical fiber sensors (OFS) based on them has attracted the interest of many research groups because of the market niches that can take advantage of their specific features. Due to their unique structure based on a certain distribution of air holes, MOFs are especially useful for sensing applications: on one hand, the increased coupling of guided modes into the cladding or the holes enhances significantly the interaction with sensing films deposited there; on the other hand, MOF air holes enhance the direct interaction between the light and the analytes that get into in these cavities. Consequently, the sensitivity when detecting liquids, gasses or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is significantly improved. This paper is focused on the reported sensors that have been developed with MOFs which are applied to detection of gases and VOCs, highlighting the advantages that this type of fiber offers" |
| Keywords: | gasses hollow core photonic crystal fibers humidity and volatile organic compounds microstructured optical fibers solid core photonic crystal fibers suspended core microstructured optical fibers; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINELopez-Torres, Diego Elosua, Cesar Arregui, Francisco J eng Review Switzerland 2020/05/06 Sensors (Basel). 2020 Apr 30; 20(9):2555. doi: 10.3390/s20092555" |
