A method for fabricating a sensor includes coating an end-polished sapphire fiber with aluminum to produce a sapphire fiber having an aluminum coating, anodizing the aluminum coating to produce an aluminum oxide coating, and removing the aluminum oxide coating from a distal end of the sapphire fiber.
Patent Information: Nanostructured Sapphire Optical Fiber Sensing Platform
FY14-019
Materials / Manufacturing & Processes
David Zimmerman Director of Technology Commercialization Stevens Institute of Technology dzimmer3@stevens.edu
