Radiation-induced attenuation self-compensating effect in super-fluorescent fiber source

The compact super-fluorescent fiber source （SFS） output spectra variations at different pump currents and under different dose of gamma-ray radiation were measured and compared respectively. The radiation-induced attenuation （RIA） self-compensating effect in SFS based on photo-bleaching was found and the general mathematic model of SFS output spectra variations was made. The radiation-induced background attenuation （RIBA） at the pump wavelength was identified to be the main cause of the total output power and spectra variations and the variations can then be compensated by active control of the pump power to enhance the self-compensating effect. With closed-loop feedback control of pump current, double-pass backward （DPB） configuration and spectrum re-shaping technology, an SFS prototype was made and tested. The mean-wavelength stability of about 87.4 ppm and output power instability of less than 5% were achieved under up to 200 krad （Si） gamma-ray irradiation.

Underwater Optical Fiber Fluorescent System for Measuring Chlorophyll-a Concentration

Using optical fiber fluorescent technology,a new method for measuring alga concentration in water is presented. The system can realize on line measurement for alga concentration using He Ne laser as the light source. It can also effectively detect weak signals. The system with a passive sensor head has such advantages as simple structure, high sensitivity and high accuracy. It has been demonstrated that this system can be used to monitor water quality and can also be used to survey some matter.

All Fiber-optic Fluorescent Spectral Measurement and Analysis on Alga Chla/c Characteristics

The fluorescent principle used for measuring alga characteristic parameters and the optimum structure design of the instrument are discussed. The fluorescent spectrum of Chla/c and the time-resolved different spectrum ΔA(λ,t) are given. The research provides an effective method for considering the density and the classification of algae, which will be helpful to monitor sea pollution.

Preparation and Detection of Extended DNA Fibers of Chinese Cabbage

Abstract [Objective] The paper was to prepare and detect the extended DNA fibers of Chinese cabbage. [Method] Chinese cabbage nuclei was first successfully isolated by chopping young leaves with a blade, then nuclei were lysed by SDS to release DNA, and DNA fibers were dragged and extended with a coverslip. [Result] The results of Fiber-FISH with genomic DNA and 25S rDNA as probes showed that DNA fiber size as long as about 1.93 Mb could be measured and the number of 25S rDNA copies region were estimated to be 258 and 687 in Chinese cabbage genome. DNA fibers prepared by this method showed equally spread parallel thread with clear background, and were suitable for FISH analysis. [Conclusion] The study would accelerate Chinese cabbage genome mapping and organization analysis.

Rare Earth Doped Optical Fibers for Temperature Sensing Utilizing Ratio-Based Technology

A new and practical fluorescence temperature detecting system based on fluorescence intensity ratio was proposed . The background theory of fluorescence intensity-ratio method was presented simply. And the characters of rare earth doped samples were detailed. The erbium-doped fiber was chosen as the sensing element. The energy levels of 2H11/2 and 4S3/2 are responsible for the emission of radiation at approximately 530 and 555 nm. The erbium-doped (960 ppm) fiber of length 20 cm and core diameter 3.2μm was used as the sensing part. A silica photodiode transfers the fluorescence signal to electric signal, then the ratio of the average of the two different signals was calculated by the computer and the temperature was obtained. The ratio R of the intensity resulting from the transition between the two levels varies proportionly with temperature interval from 293 K to 373 K. The sensitivity of the sensor is approximately 0.05 K-1.

Dual-Wavelength Holmium-Doped Fiber Laser Pumped by Thulium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber Laser

We present an all-fiber dual-wavelength holmium-doped veloped holmium-doped fiber （HDF） as a gain medium fiber laser operating in 2 #m region using a newly de- The proposed fiber laser is constructed by using a hybrid gain medium, i.e., a thulium ytterbium co-doped fiber （TYDF） and an HDF in conjunction with a simple half-opened linear cavity, which is formed by a broadband mirror and an output coupler reflector. Without the HDF, the TYDF laser operates at wavelengths of 1991 and 1999nm with a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 34dB and the slope efficiency of 26.16 %. With the HDF, dual-wavelength output lines are obtained at 2075 and 2083nm with signal-to-noise ratios of more than difference between the two peaks of less than 1 dB at 17dB, 3dB bandwidth of less than 0.2nm and the power the TYDF laser pump power of 320roW.

Optical Fiber Lightening for Fluorescence Signal Detection with Thermal Stability in Dentistry

Dental caries diagnosis system has been made with a fiber lighting, camera module and band pass filter. By simply aligning a 405 nm LED (Light Emitting diode) chips directly connected polymer fibers, a compact lighting for dental fluorescence imaging could be implemented. Special designed fiber holder with proper hole diameter was fabricated to directly connect polymer fibers with 1 mm fiber diameter and increased coupling efficiency between fibers and LEDs. Fibers connected to fiber holder were polished by polishing machine to reduce insertion loss of the fiber. Experimentally, an optical insertion loss of the fiber bundle of up to 0.8 dB was achieved. Further, LED array module was packaged with equally spaced LED chips with fiber holder on metal. Fiber lightening was fabricated with directly coupled between LED array module and fiber bundle by UV epoxy without focusing lens in order to lower the lightening temperature of intraoral camera in the human mouth. The measured temperature of fabricated fiber lightening was about 25 degree celcius. To achieve a fluorescence image and dental caries diagnosis, the proper optical filter, camera module, 405 nm fiber bundle lighting and software were investigated. The performance of the fluorescence intraoral camera with fiber lightening is confirmed by fluorescence image of human tooth.

A Fluorescence Optical Fiber Sensor for Amrinon Using a New Oxazole Compound

A new oxazole compound, 1,4 bis(naphtho[1,2 d][1,3]oxazol 2 yl)benzene(BNOB) was synthesized and incorporated into a thin plasticized polymeric membrane for sensing Amrinon. The sensor exhibits a linear response to Amrinon in the range of 7 98×10 -7 —1 52×10 -4 mol/L at pH 3 28—4 04. The response mainly originates from the Primary Inner Filter Effect, which causes a decrease in the fluorescence intensity of the sensor membrane. The distinct advantages of the proposed sensor are of full reversibility, high sensitivity and selectivity as well as short response time(<1 min), indicating that the sensor can be used to monitor Amrinon in serum samples.

Optical Fiber Thermometer Based on the Fluorescence Life time

Anew opticalfiberfluorometricthermometerbased onthetemperature dependence ofthefluorescencelifetime of phosphoris described. The phase-locked detection (PLD) system is used to measure fluorescencelifetime. The characteristics ofthermometerare discussed and the experimentresults are given.

Dual-Wavelength Passively Q-Switched Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticle Saturable Absorbers

We report on generation of a dual-wavelength, all-fiber, passively Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser using aluminum oxide nanoparticle （Al2O3-NP） thin film. A thin film of Al2O3 was prepared by embedding Al2O3-NPs into a polyvinyl alcohol （PVA） as a host polymer, and then inserted between two fiber ferrules to act as a saturable absorber （SA）. By incorporating the Al2O3-PVA SA into the laser cavity, a stable dual-wavelength pulse output centered at 1050 and 1060.7nm is observed at threshold pump power of 80mW. As the pump power is gradually increased from 80 to 300mW, the repetition rate of the generated pulse increases from 16.23 to 59 kHz, while the pulse width decreases from 19 to 6μs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration for this type of SA operating in the 1 μm region.

Compact and robust dual-color linearly polarized illumination source for three-photon fluorescence imaging

The miniaturized femtosecond laser in near infrared-Ⅱregion is the core equipment of threephoton microscopy.In this paper,we design a compact and robust illumination source that emits dual-color linearly polarized light for three-photon microscopy.Based on an all-polarizationmaintaining passive mode-locked fiber laser,we shift the center wavelength of the pulses to the 1.7m band utilizing cascade Raman effect,thereby generate dual-wavelength pulses.To enhance clarity,the two wavelengths are separated through the graded-index multimode fiber.Then we obtain the dual-pulse sequences with 1639.4 nm and 1683.7 nm wavelengths,920 fs pulse duration,and 23.75 MHz pulse repetition rate.The average power of the signal is 53.64mW,corresponding to a single pulse energy of 2.25 nJ.This illumination source can be further amplified and compressed for three-photon fluorescence imaging,especially dual-color three-photon fluorescence imaging,making it an ideal option for biomedical applications.

An Optical Fiber Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of pO2 and pH

Whether in the monitoring of critically ill patients such as shock, respiratory failure, brain injury, or in major anesthesia surgeries, it is necessary to evaluate the patient’s pO2 and pH. An optical fiber sensor presented is capable of monitoring the presence of oxygen partial pressure (pO2) and pH in the real-time. The sensor is based on fluorescence sensing of polymer immobilized in the oxygen/pH-sensitive membranes and covalently attached to the optical fiber probe. The design of this sensor uses LED as light source, which is an excitation light source, inducing specific wavelengths of fluorescence on the oxygen/pH-sensitive membrane. The intensity and lifetime of fluorescence are related to the pO2 and pH. So the pO2 and pH can be measured by the relationship between the pO2/pH values and the intensity and lifetime of fluorescence. The signal conditioning system based on DSP and STM32 was used to store and process data, and display test values. The response of the sensor for pO2 and pH monitoring with nitrogen (N2) as a balancing gas in the laboratory was performed. Finally, the oxygen/pH sensing scheme presented in this work is intended for using in biological, medical and environmental applications.

Fiber-fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses as a diagnostic application for orientation of microduplications

Microduplications are normally invisible under microscopy and were not recognized before chromosomal microarray testing was available. Although it is difficult to confirm the orientation of duplicated segments by standard fluorescence in situ hybridization(FISH), our data indicates that fiber-FISH analysis has the potential to reveal the orientation of duplicated and triplicated segments of chromosomes. Recurrent microduplications reciprocal to microdeletions show tandem orientations of the duplicated segments, which is consistent with a non-allelic homologous recombination mechanism. Several random duplications showed tandem configurations and inverted duplications are rare. Further analysis is required to fully elucidate the basic mechanisms underlying such duplications/triplications.

多芯光纤荧光定量检测耦合系统设计

为提高多芯光纤荧光检测灵敏度,本文基于多芯光纤的空间传导理论模型,分析了多芯光纤的数量、激发光纤纤芯半径、接收光纤纤芯半径以及它们的数值孔径等对多芯光纤耦合效率的影响。针对提高耦合效率,设计和优化了耦合系统中非球面透镜的曲率半径和各面间距,基于分析设计优化的参数构建多芯光纤荧光定量检测系统,并对不同浓度梯度的罗丹明6G溶液进行定量测试,与多芯直接耦合对比,文章设计的多芯光纤耦合系统其激发光和发射光耦合效率由低于10%,提升了80.171%和95.314%,最低检测浓度低至2.08759551×10^(-9)nM/L,此浓度下荧光光强值较直接耦合提升了4.5倍。进一步验证了多芯光纤耦合系统射的可行性。说明通过增加光学耦合系统能有效提高光纤式荧光定量检测灵敏度及能够满足应用需求。

用于荧光显微技术的多波长激光耦合系统

为了满足荧光显微镜技术对多波长单模耦合输出激光的需求,研究了400~680 nm内多波长激光耦合进单模光纤的技术,设计了三片式耦合透镜组很好地消除了不同波长耦合时的色差以提高耦合效率,同时考虑光纤耦合调试难度大的问题,设计了能快速简单完成耦合调节的耦合光纤部件结构以及耦合调试的方法,通过实验测试荧光成像常用的4种波段激光(405,488,561,638 nm),耦合效率均大于65%。实验结果达到了较高的光纤耦合水平,证明该多波长激光耦合器性能优异。同时,由于耦合器装调简单且成本低,本文的工作具有进一步商业化的价值,且为多波长单模耦合激光器国产化打下了坚实的基础。

基于荧光猝灭原理的比率式光纤溶解氧传感器研究

溶解氧浓度的准确测定在医疗应用、海洋监测、工农业生产等领域中,起到至关重要的作用。本篇论文提出了一种比率式光纤溶解氧传感器,以四乙氧基硅烷(TEOS)和正辛基三乙氧基硅烷(Octyl-triEOS)为前驱体的有机改性硅酸盐(ORMOSILs)作为载体基质,选用三(4,7-联苯-1,10-邻菲啰啉)二氯化钌(Ru(dpp)_(3)^(2+))为氧敏感染料,选用7-氨基-4-(三氟甲基)香豆素(AFC)为参比染料。吸收光谱表明,氧敏感染料和参比染料可以被中心波长为405nm的光源激发。发射光谱表明,氧敏感染料和参考染料的发射波长没有光谱重叠,因此可以使用比率法测量溶解氧浓度。通过溶胶-凝胶工艺制备的ORMOSILs将氧敏感染料和参比染料固定在塑料光纤端部,从而形成复合氧敏感薄膜,对传感膜的厚度和疏水性进行了表征,传感膜的厚度为569μm,水接触角为81°。将该传感器在水溶液中进行了测试,在光源激发下,氧敏感染料和参考染料在605和490nm处有明显的发射峰,随着溶解氧浓度的增加,氧敏感染料的荧光强度降低,而参比染料的荧光强度稳定在某一数值,通过测量氧敏感染料与参比染料的比率,达到检测氧浓度的目的。采用Stern-Volmer方程对溶解氧浓度和荧光强度比进行线性拟合,该传感器在0~20.05mg·L^(-1)溶解氧范围内,Stern-Volmer拟合度可达98.22%,灵敏度可达0.4334/[O_(2)],从饱和氮溶液到饱和氧溶液传感器的响应时间为12s,从饱和氧溶液到饱和氮溶液传感器的恢复时间为144s,引入非对称因子ASY表明传感时间的不对称性。对传感器的光稳定性和重复性进行了测试,比率式光纤传感器可以克服光源波动,相对单荧光强度传感有更强的稳定性。

基于荧光强度比的毛细管液芯光纤温度传感器

针对现有光纤荧光温度传感探头制备复杂的问题,本文提出了一种制备简单、成本低廉且性能优异的基于毛细管液芯的光纤荧光温度传感器。首先将对温度敏感的罗丹明B和对温度不敏感的罗丹明123的混合溶液作为温敏材料封装在不锈钢毛细管中制备成传感探头,利用两者荧光发射峰强度的比值进行温度传感。之后对传感探头中混合溶液的浓度和毛细管的结构参数进行了优化,并对传感器的性能进行了测试,最终将其应用于实际生活温度检测中。实验结果表明:该传感器的温度响应范围为30~70℃,荧光强度比与温度之间呈二次相关,拟合相关系数高达0.9984,且具有很好的准确性、重复性和稳定性,使用时间可达3个月以上,能很好地应用于对日常生活中温度的检测。该光纤荧光温度传感器在实时监测和远端探测方面具有很大的潜力。

SF_(6)放电分解产物荧光抑制光纤增强拉曼光谱动态高灵敏检测研究

分析SF_(6)放电分解产物组分和含量的动态变化是SF_(6)封闭式组合电器(Gas-Insulated Switchgear,GIS)状态诊断的关键。本文提出荧光抑制光纤增强拉曼光谱(Fiber-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,FERS)动态高灵敏检测方法。首先搭建了SF_(6)放电分解产物荧光抑制FERS检测系统,通过结合CCD数字滤波和小孔空间滤波的协同荧光滤波方法,系统信噪比提升228.4%;基于Allan方差分析确定了系统最佳积分时间为220 s。然后在2 bar压强、220 s积分时间下,基于标准混合气体样品分析确定了用于同时定性与定量分析SF_(6)放电分解产物SOF_(2),SO_(2)F_(2),COS,CF_(4),SO_(2),CO_(2),CO的特征拉曼谱峰,并计算得检测下限分别为1.95 ppm,1.78 ppm,0.83 ppm,2.41 ppm,0.93 ppm,2.51 ppm,6.69 ppm。最后通过连续168 h的GIS等比缩小模型局部放电实验证明了上述系统可实现SF_(6)放电分解产物的动态高灵敏检测,且与气相色谱法结果偏差小于±5%。实验结果表明,本文提出的检测方法可为GIS的安全运行提供技术支撑。

一种新型二氧化硅多孔材料固定化酶光纤葡萄糖传感器的研究

目的 研制一种新型的基于氧敏感指示剂Ru(bpy)3Cl2和固定化葡萄糖氧化酶(GOD)的复合敏感膜光纤传感器,用于实时检测葡萄糖溶液质量浓度。方法 以多孔SiO_(2)纳米粒子为载体固定GOD,并采用溶胶-凝胶法同时加入Ru(bpy)_(3)Cl_(2)制备葡萄糖敏感膜,通过提拉法在光纤端面沉积敏感膜制成光纤传感探头,搭建光纤传感器用于实时检测葡萄糖溶液质量浓度。结果 光纤传感器检测葡萄糖溶液质量浓度为50~900mg/dL(2.78~50.00mmol/L),在用于实时监测葡萄糖溶液质量浓度变化时响应时间短,测试标准曲线线性良好。结论 SiO_(2)多孔材料固定化酶光纤葡萄糖传感器具有灵敏度高、响应速度快、检测范围大等优点,未来可以检测人体血液中的葡萄糖质量浓度。

Transparent nanocrystal-in-glass composite fibers for multifunctional temperature and pressure sensing

The pursuit of compact and integrated devices has stimulated a growing demand for multifunctional sensors with rapid and accurate responses to various physical parameters,either separately or simultaneously.Fluorescent fiber sensors have the advantages of robust stability,light weight,and compact geometry,enabling real-time and noninvasive signal detection by monitoring the fluorescence parameters.Despite substantial progress in fluorescence sensors,achieving multifunctional sensing in a single optical fiber remains challenging.To solve this problem,in this study,we present a bottom-up strategy to design and fabricate thermally drawn multifunctional fiber sensors by incorporating functional nanocrystals with temperature and pressure fluorescence responses into a transparent glass matrix.To generate the desired nanocrystal-in-glass composite(NGC)fiber,the fluorescent activators,incorporated nanocrystals,glassy core materials,and cladding matrix are rationally designed.Utilizing the fluorescence intensity ratio technique,a self-calibrated fiber sensor is demonstrated,with a bi-functional response to temperature and pressure.For temperature sensing,the NGC fiber exhibits temperature-dependent near-infrared emission at temperatures up to 573 K with a maximum absolute sensitivity of 0.019 K−1.A pressure-dependent upconversion emission is also realized in the visible spectral region,with a linear slope of-0.065.The successful demonstration of multifunctional NGC fiber sensors provides an efficient pathway for new paradigms of multifunctional sensors as well as a versatile strategy for future hybrid fibers with novel combinations of magnetic,optical,and mechanical properties.