Miniature optical fiber sensors using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for remote biochemical sensing

Aditya H. Pandya; Joseph C. Kumaradas; Alexandre Douplik

doi:10.18287/JBPE19.05.010301

Authors

Aditya H. Pandya Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Joseph C. Kumaradas Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Alexandre Douplik Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), St. Michael’s hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18287/JBPE19.05.010301

Keywords:

SERS, Plasmonics, Nanoparticles, Nanosphere lithography, Remote fiber sensing

Abstract

In this study, we present facile fabrication of a miniaturized remote sensing SERS platform using highly tunable Nano-Sphere Lithography (NSL) technique. Using 200 μm diameter optical fibers with high numerical aperture (0.5NA), the SERS enhancement of remote sensing was found to be 98% of direct sensing configuration. Standard silica optical fibers were used for remote sensing using SERS without additional need of optical filtering to mitigate fluorescence and Raman background of these fibers which allows fabrication of miniaturized remote sensing platforms that can be used for remote biochemical sensing.

Author Biographies

Aditya H. Pandya, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Department of Physics
Joseph C. Kumaradas, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Alexandre Douplik, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), St. Michael’s hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Associate Professor, Ryerson University

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