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New enhancement method on sensing ability of micro resonator bottle structure using polymer materials drop-casting coating technique

MUHAMMAD IZZAT ZAKWAN MOHD ZABIDI1,* , AMINAH BINTI AHMAD1, MD ASHADI MD JOHARI1, MOHAMAD HANIFF HARUN1, ARMAN HADI AZAHAR1, AHMAD KHUDZAIRI KHALID2

Affiliation

  1. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 76100 Melaka, Malaysia
  2. Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia

Abstract

This experimental paper proposes a new method to enhance the ability of microbottle resonator (MBR) sensor through polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The bottle resonator custom used the “soften-and-compress” technique from SMF28 silica fiber, then coated with PMMA and PVA. Three MBR used are non-coated MBR, MBR-PMMA and MBR-PVA. The coated and non-coated MBRs were then characterized via taper microfiber and achieved to have Q-factor >10^5 for all, MBR-PVA is at the top with 8.624x10^5. The MBRs were then experienced as ethanol gas sensors, with the gas percentages used between 1% to 5% ppm. The sensitivity, linearity and stability are measured parameters via transmitted spectral and wavelength shift. The findings show that the MBR-PVA tremendously outraged every observed parameter. Here, the coating may influence the MBR performance as a gas sensor.

Keywords

Ethanol, Microbottle Resonator, Optical Microresonator.

Citation

MUHAMMAD IZZAT ZAKWAN MOHD ZABIDI, AMINAH BINTI AHMAD, MD ASHADI MD JOHARI, MOHAMAD HANIFF HARUN, ARMAN HADI AZAHAR, AHMAD KHUDZAIRI KHALID, New enhancement method on sensing ability of micro resonator bottle structure using polymer materials drop-casting coating technique, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 17, 11-12, November-December 2023, pp.477-483 (2023).

Submitted at: July 3, 2023

Accepted at: Dec. 4, 2023