Porous silica coated spherical microresonator for vapor phase sensing of ammonia at a sub-ppm level

Arun Kumar Mallik; Gerald Farrell; Dejun Liu; Vishnu Kavungal; Qiang Wu; Yuliya Semenova

doi:10.1117/12.2236486

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30 May 2016 Porous silica coated spherical microresonator for vapor phase sensing of ammonia at a sub-ppm level

Arun Kumar Mallik, Gerald Farrell, Dejun Liu, Vishnu Kavungal, Qiang Wu, Yuliya Semenova

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Proceedings Volume 9916, Sixth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors; 99161Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236486
Event: Sixth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS'2016), 2016, Limerick, Ireland

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A new type of fiber optic sensor for the detection and quantification of ammonia (NH3) vapor levels is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. This sensor is based on a spherical silica micro resonator coated with porous silica gel. Whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in the micro resonator are excited by evanescent coupling to a tapered fiber with a 3.3 μm waist diameter. The optical properties of the porous silica layer change when it is exposed to ammonia vapor, leading to a spectral shift of the WGM resonant wavelengths. The sensitivity of the proposed sensor has been tested by exposing it to different low level concentrations of ammonia: 4 ppm, 8 ppm, 12 ppm and 30 ppm at a constant relative humidity (50% RH) and constant temperature (23°C). The detection limit is calculated from experimental results as 57 ppb of ammonia for a 282 μm diameter porous silica coated microsphere.

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Arun Kumar Mallik, Gerald Farrell, Dejun Liu, Vishnu Kavungal, Qiang Wu, and Yuliya Semenova "Porous silica coated spherical microresonator for vapor phase sensing of ammonia at a sub-ppm level", Proc. SPIE 9916, Sixth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 99161Y (30 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236486

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