Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensor on an Optical Fiber Probe Fabricated with a Femtosecond Laser 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2010, 10, 11064-11071; doi:10.3390/s101211064 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensor on an Optical Fiber Probe Fabricated with a Femtosecond Laser Xiaodong Ma 1,2, Haibin Huo 3, Wenhui Wang 1, Ye Tian 1, Nan Wu 1, Charles Guthy 1, Mengyan Shen 3 and Xingwei Wang 1,2,* 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854, USA; E-Mails: xiaodong_ma@ (X.M.); wwhclp02@ (W.W.); ye_tian@ (Y.T.); nan_wu@ (N.W.); Charles_Guthy@ (C.G.) 2 Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Doctoral Program, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854, USA 3 Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854, USA; E-Mails: haibin_huo@ (H.H.); mengyan_shen@ (M.S.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: xingwei_wang@; Tel: +1-978-934-1981; Fax: +1-978-934-3027. Received: 28 September 2010; in revised form: 3 November 2010 / Accepted: 26 November 2010 / Published: 6 December 2010 Abstract: A novel fabrication method for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors that used a fast femtosecond (fs) laser scanning process to etch uniform patterns and structures on the endface of a fused silica optical fiber, which is then coated with a thin layer of silver through thermal evaporation is presented. A high quality SERS signal was detected on the patterned surface using a Rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) solution. The uniform SERS sensor built on the tip of the optical fiber tip was small, light weight, and could be especially useful in remote sensing applications. Keywords: fiber optics sensors; surface enhanced Raman scattering; femtosecond laser 1. Introduction Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has attracted significant attention since its discovery in the 1970s [1,2]. After their first demonstration in the