Ultra-sensitive surface absorption spectroscopy using sub-wavelength diameter optical fibers

Details Ultra-sensitive surface absorption spectroscopy using sub-wavelength diameter optical fibers Ultra-sensitive surface absorption spectroscopy using sub-wavelength diameter optical fibers

2007-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701264v2

Opt. Express 15, 11952 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, Fig.1a corrected y-axis, p.2 minor text changes to facilitate the understanding of eq. 4 and 6

Scientific paper

10.1364/OE.15.011952

The guided modes of sub-wavelength diameter air-clad optical fibers exhibit a pronounced evanescent field. The absorption of particles on the fiber surface is therefore readily detected via the fiber transmission. We show that the resulting absorption for a given surface coverage can be orders of magnitude higher than for conventional surface spectroscopy. As a demonstration, we present measurements on sub-monolayers of 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) molecules at ambient conditions, revealing the agglomeration dynamics on a second to minutes timescale.

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