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Fiber Ring Laser Interrogated Zeolite-Coated Singlemode-Multimode-Singlemode Structure for Trace Chemical Detection
Optics Letters
  • Xinwei Lan
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Qun Han
  • Tao Wei
  • Zhan Gao
  • Hongmin Jiang
  • Junhang Dong
  • Hai Xiao, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Zeolite thin films were synthesized on the claddingless multimode portion of a singlemode-multimode-singlemode (SMS) fiber structure to construct a chemical vapor sensor. The zeolite-coated SMS structure was inserted into a fiber ring amplifier to produce a laser line. Combining the strong molecular adsorption capability of the nanoporous zeolite and the high signal-to-noise ratio of the fiber laser, the device was demonstrated for chemical vapor sensing with a low detection limit.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sponsor(s)
United States. Army Research Office
Comments
This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under contract W911NF-10-2-0077.
Keywords and Phrases
  • Chemical vapor,
  • Chemical vapor sensors,
  • Fiber rings,
  • Fiber structures,
  • Fiber-ring lasers,
  • High signal-to-noise ratio,
  • Laser lines,
  • Low detection limit,
  • Molecular adsorption,
  • Multimodes,
  • Nanoporous zeolite,
  • Single mode,
  • Zeolite thin film,
  • Adsorption,
  • Fading (radio),
  • Fiber lasers,
  • Ring lasers,
  • Vapors,
  • Glass fiber,
  • Zeolite,
  • Article,
  • Laser,
  • Volatilization,
  • Optical Fibers
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 Optical Society of America, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
6-1-2012
Publication Date
01 Jun 2012
Citation Information
Xinwei Lan, Jie Huang, Qun Han, Tao Wei, et al.. "Fiber Ring Laser Interrogated Zeolite-Coated Singlemode-Multimode-Singlemode Structure for Trace Chemical Detection" Optics Letters Vol. 37 Iss. 11 (2012) p. 1998 - 2000 ISSN: 0146-9592
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/46/