Optical fiber evanescent field excited fluorosensor and method of manufacture
US6103535A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/805
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber is tapered, preferably adiabatically, and has a material coated on it for chemical bonding with fluorophores. When the fluorophores couple with the material, evanescent radiation generated fibers causes the fluorophores to fluoresce, and the fluorescence is coupled back into the fiber.
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