On the sensitivity of generic porous optical sensors

Details On the sensitivity of generic porous optical sensors On the sensitivity of generic porous optical sensors

2012-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/1202.5028v1

Physics

Optics

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A porous material was considered as a platform for optical sensing. It was envisaged that the porous material was infiltrated by a fluid which contains an agent to be sensed. Changes in the optical properties of the infiltrated porous material provide the basis for detection of the agent to be sensed. Using a homogenization approach based on the Bruggeman formalism, wherein the infiltrated porous material was regarded as a homogenized composite material, the sensitivity of such a sensor was investigated. For the case of an isotropic dielectric porous material of relative permittivity $\epsilon^a$ and an isotropic dielectric fluid of relative permittivity $\epsilon^b$, it was found that the sensitivity was maximized when there was a large contrast between $\epsilon^a$ and $\epsilon^b$; the maximum sensitivity was achieved at mid-range values of porosity. Especially high sensitivities may be achieved for $\epsilon^b$ close to unity when $\epsilon^a >> 1$, for example. Furthermore, higher sensitivities may be achieved by incorporating pores which have elongated spheroidal shapes.

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