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SERS Fiber Probe Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser with Lateral Surface Silver Coating on Micro-Fiber Tips
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
  • Baokai Cheng
  • Lei Yuan
  • Xia Fang
  • Xinwei Lan
  • Jie Liu
  • Yinfa Ma, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Honglan Shi, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Qingbo Yang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Hai Xiao, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

We report a method to fabricate SERS fiber probe by femtosecond laser micromachining on a microfiber tip. Multimode optical fibers are tapered to outer diameter of 4 to 20 µm. Femtosecond laser pulses are used to form nanostructures on the cleaved endface of the microfiber tip. This endface is then activated by silver sputter coating. To confine the excitation and reflection signal within the tapered core of the microfiber tip, the probe is side-coated with silver plating. High quality SERS signal of Rhodamine 6G molecules is detected through back excitation and collection from a lead in fiber of up to several meters long. The small size of the SERS micro-probe is promising for intra-cellular or even single cell detection, while the back excitation and collection setup make it suitable for remote sensing applications.

Meeting Name
Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging VII (2014: Feb. 1-2, San Francisco, CA)
Department(s)
Chemistry
Second Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Coatings,
  • Molecules,
  • Optical Fiber Fabrication,
  • Optical Fibers,
  • Optical Resolving Power,
  • Probes,
  • Silver,
  • Ultrafast Lasers,
  • Ultrashort Pulses,
  • Femtosecond Laser Micromachining,
  • Fs-Laser,
  • Micro-fiber,
  • Multimode Optical Fibers,
  • Remote Sensing Applications,
  • Sensing,
  • SERS,
  • Single-cell Detection,
  • Fibers
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-0819498632
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2014 SPIE, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
2-2-2014
Publication Date
02 Feb 2014
Citation Information
Baokai Cheng, Lei Yuan, Xia Fang, Xinwei Lan, et al.. "SERS Fiber Probe Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser with Lateral Surface Silver Coating on Micro-Fiber Tips" Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8950 (2014) ISSN: 1605-7422
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/yinfa-ma/7/