Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) show great potential as biomarkers in non-invasive disease detection. We propose a cascaded Fabry-Perot (FP) fiber sensor for characterizing ethanol and 2-propanol. The sensor fabrication involves splicing a single mode fiber to a silica capillary (SC), followed by cleaving the SC. The SC tip is immersed in a PMMA solution and heated for rapid solvent evaporation, forming a dual cavity. The sensor was tested in the gas phase, using binary hydroalcoholic mixtures containing ethanol and 2-propanol. The response attained was nonlinear, with a maximum sensitivity of -133.7 pm/vol.% and -173.0 pm/vol.% for 2-propanol and the ethanol, respectively, in a range between 35-50 vol.%.
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