All-fiber reflecting temperature probe based on the simplified hollow-core photonic crystal fiber filled with aqueous quantum dot solution

Appl Opt. 2016 Feb 10;55(5):974-8. doi: 10.1364/AO.55.000974.

Abstract

An all-fiber reflecting fluorescent temperature probe is proposed based on the simplified hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (SHC-PCF) filled with an aqueous CdSe/ZnS quantum dot solution. SHC-PCF is an excellent PCF used to fill liquid materials, which has low loss transmission bands in the visible wavelength range and enlarged core sizes. Both end faces of the SHC-PCF were spliced with multimode fiber after filling in order to generate a more stable and robust waveguide structure. The obtained temperature sensitivity dependence of the emission wavelength and the self-referenced intensity are 126.23 pm/°C and -0.007/°C in the temperature range of -10°C-120°C, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cadmium Compounds / chemistry
  • Fiber Optic Technology / methods*
  • Luminescence
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Photons*
  • Quantum Dots / chemistry*
  • Selenium Compounds / chemistry
  • Solutions
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Sulfides / chemistry
  • Temperature*
  • Zinc Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Cadmium Compounds
  • Selenium Compounds
  • Solutions
  • Sulfides
  • Zinc Compounds
  • cadmium selenide
  • zinc sulfide