Abstract
We propose a compact fiber-optic sensor for in situ and continuous turbidity monitoring, based on surface optical scattering of polarized evanescent waves from targeted particles. The sensor is composed of a tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) packaged inside a microfluidic capillary. The transmission spectrum of the TFBG provides a fine comb of narrow cladding resonances that are highly sensitive to the turbidity due to the localized light scattering of polarized evanescent waves from the microparticles near the fiber surface (as opposed to traditional bulk/volumetric turbidity measurement). We also propose a transmission spectral area interrogation method and quantify the repeatable correlation between the surface turbidity and the optical spectral area response. We show that the maximum sensitive turbidity response is achieved when the wavelength of the sensing cladding resonance matches the size of surrounding solid particles.
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