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Fiber optic displacement sensor for measurement of glucose concentration in distilled water

M. YASIN1,* , S. W. HARUN2,3, H. Z. YANG3, H. AHMAD3

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  3. Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

A simple intensity modulated displacement sensor is proposed and demonstrated for sensing the concentration of glucose vin distilled water. For a concentration change of glucose from 0 to 25 % in distilled water, the peak light intensity and its position increases linearly with the concentration due to the increased of the refractive index of the liquid. The measured sensitivities are obtained at around 0.0103 mV/(%) and 0.0229 mm/(%) for the peak voltage and position changes respectively. The stability, high sensitivity and simplicity of the sensor make it suitable for chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and process control sensing applications.

Keywords

Glucose sensor, Fiber optic displacement sensor, Intensity modulation technique.

Citation

M. YASIN, S. W. HARUN, H. Z. YANG, H. AHMAD, Fiber optic displacement sensor for measurement of glucose concentration in distilled water, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 8, August 2010, pp.1063-1065 (2010).

Submitted at: July 21, 2010

Accepted at: Aug. 12, 2010