Surface-Enhanced Raman-Scattering Fiber Probe Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser

Abstract

We report what we believe to be a new method to fabricate surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) fiber probe by direct femtosecond laser micromachining. Direct femtosecond laser ablations resulted in nanostructures on the cleaved endface of a multimode optical fiber with a 105/125 µm core/cladding diameter. The laser-ablated fiber endface was SERS activated by silver chemical plating. High-quality SERS signal was detected using Rhodamine 6G molecules (10ˉ⁸ - 10ˉ⁶ M solutions) via back excitation with the fiber length of up to 1 m. The fiber SERS probe was compared with a planar fused silica substrate at a front excitation. The long lead-in fiber length and the backexcitation/collection setup make the SERS probe promising for remote sensing applications. © 2009 Optical Society of America.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Second Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0146-9592

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Language(s)

English

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© 2009 Optical Society of America, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2009

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