Ultra-fast polymer optical fibre Bragg grating inscription for medical devices

Julien Bonefacino; Hwa-Yaw Tam; Tom S Glen; Xin Cheng; Chi-Fung Jeff Pun; Jian Wang; Po-Heng Lee; Ming-Leung Vincent Tse; Steven T Boles

doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.161

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Ultra-fast polymer optical fibre Bragg grating inscription for medical devices

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- Ultra-fast polymer optical fibre Bragg grating inscription for medical devices
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 7, Issue 2, (2018)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Photonics Research Centre, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  2.Division of Urban Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Author bio：
  
  J Bonefacino, Email: julien.bonefacino@gmail.com
  HY Tam, Email: eehytam@polyu.edu.hk
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2017.161
  CLC：
- Published：2018，
  
  Published Online：23 March 2018，
  
  Received：08 June 2017，
  
  Revised：15 November 2017，
  
  Accepted：16 November 2017
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Bonefacino, J. et al. Ultra-fast polymer optical fibre Bragg grating inscription for medical devices. Light: Science & Applications, 2, 17161 (2018).
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Bonefacino, J. et al. Ultra-fast polymer optical fibre Bragg grating inscription for medical devices. Light: Science & Applications, 2, 17161 (2018). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2017.161.

摘要

Abstract

We report the extraordinary result of rapid fibre Bragg grating inscription in doped polymer optical fibres based on polymethyl methacrylate in only 7 ms

which is two orders of magnitude faster than the inscription times previously reported. This was achieved using a new dopant material

diphenyl disulphide

which was found to enable a fast

positive

refractive index change using a low ultraviolet dose. These changes were investigated and found to arise from photodissociation of the diphenyl disulphide molecule and subsequent molecular reorganization. We demonstrate that gratings inscribed in these fibres can exhibit at least a 15 times higher sensitivity than silica glass fibre

despite their quick inscription times. As a demonstration of the sensitivity

we selected a highly stringent situation

namely

the monitoring of a human heartbeat and respiratory functions. These findings could permit the inscription of fibre Bragg gratings during the fibre drawing process for mass production

allowing cost-effective

single-use

in vivo

sensors among other potential uses.

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Keywords

bio-sensingfibre Bragg gratingphotosensitive dopantpolymer optical fibre

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