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• TITLE: Accuracy Improvement of Blood Glucose Measurement System Using Quantum Cascade Lasers

  AUTHORS: Takuya Koyama, Saiko Kino, Yuji Matsuura

  KEYWORDS: Blood Glucose, Infrared Spectroscopy, Quantum Cascade Laser, Hollow Optical Fiber

  JOURNAL NAME: Optics and Photonics Journal, Vol.9 No.10, September 25, 2019

  ABSTRACT: For non-invasive measurement of blood glucose levels, a measurement system based on mid-infrared, attenuated-total-reflection spectroscopy equipped with hollow optical fibers, a trapezoidal multi-reflection prism, and two fixed-wavelength quantum cascade lasers emitting different wavelengths is proposed. From the absorption spectra of lip mucosa measured by Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry, two wavelengths, 1152 cm-1 for absorption by glucose and 1186 cm-1 for the background, were chosen. To reduce measurement errors, the power distribution on the prism surface was investigated, and it was found that some high-intensity spots appear on the prism surface due to the coherency of the laser beam. This inhomogeneous power distribution causes measurement errors for slight movements of the lip mucosa. To homogenize the intensity distribution on the prism, a lens to excite higher modes in the fiber was introduced, and the incident angle was changed to suppress interference due to back-reflected light. These improvements increased the measurement stability, and in-vivo experiments demonstrated that the measured optical absorption correlates well with blood glucose levels.