Multi-functional optical fibers based infrared spectroscopic bio sensing – FIBERSPEC

The FIBERSPEC project is part of the current dynamics of laser sources and optical sensors, in particular IR sensors. It focuses on the development of highly selective and sensitive biosensors which represent a growing societal need and have potential applications in medicine and health control, environmental monitoring and for defense with the management of CBRN risk. The FIBERSPEC project aims to combine the development of bio-functionalized surfaces on optical materials for the IR domain with the engineering of optical fiber
drawing, to progress towards the objective of combining both biochemical and optical multiplexing on the same sensor. In the FIBERSPEC project we want to work on the combination of medium-IR source / surface waveguide / surface bio-selectivity / chemometric spectral analysis in order to meet the milestones concerning the sensitivity and selectivity of the envisaged system. This collaborative-enterprise project involves the company DIAFIR which commercializes a near-patient in vitro diagnostic medical device that
analyzes the metabolic signature of the patient using its proprietary mid-infrared spectroscopy technology. The public research partners are ISM-Bordeaux, ICB-Dijon and the Glass and Ceramics team of ISC-Rennes1. They are recognized for their expertise in the field of infrared glasses, surface chemistry, special optical fibers, spectroscopic techniques, nonlinear optics and IR supercontinuum generation. This complementarity of skills in glassy materials for optics / surface bio-chemistry / optical spectroscopy expertise is the basis of the FIBERSPEC project and guarantees the achievement of original and efficient results thanks to the
multidisciplinarity and the recognition of the expertise of the consortium.