Print Email Facebook Twitter Optimization of light scattering enhancement by gold nanoparticles in fused silica optical fiber Title Optimization of light scattering enhancement by gold nanoparticles in fused silica optical fiber Author Wang, X. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) Benedictus, R. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) Groves, R.M. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) Date 2021 Abstract A conventional distributed fiber optic sensing system offers close to linear sensitivity along the fiber length. However gold nanoparticles (NP) have been shown to be able to enhance the contrast ratio to improve the quality of signal detection. The challenge in improving the contrast of reflected signals is to optimise the nanoparticle doping concentration over the densed sensing length to make best use of the distributed fiber sensing hardware. In this paper, light enhancement by spherical gold NPs in the optical fibers was analyzed by considering the size-induced NP refractive index changes. This was achieved by building a new model to relate backscattered light from a gold NP suspension between the optical fiber end tips and backscattered light from gold NPs in the core of the optical fiber. The paper provides a model to determine the optimized sizes and concentrations of NPs for sensing at different desired penetration depths in the optical fiber. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5189a4bb-f45a-45f8-ad5d-94a3d6909f2c DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.427967 ISSN 1094-4087 Source Optics Express, 29 (13), 19450-19464 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 X. Wang, R. Benedictus, R.M. Groves Files PDF oe_29_13_19450.pdf 3.29 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:5189a4bb-f45a-45f8-ad5d-94a3d6909f2c/datastream/OBJ/view