Vol. 26 (2016): (NE-1) Fotónica y Óptica
Artículos de Investigación

Measuring the optical activity of the sucrose for the construction of an optical glucometer

Luis Cortez-Gonzalez
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
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Romeo Selvas-Aguilar
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León
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Arturo Castillo-Guzman
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León
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Daniel Ceballos-Herrera
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León
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Published 2016-03-03

Keywords

  • Optical activity,
  • sucrose,
  • circular birefringence,
  • glucometer.
  • Actividad óptica,
  • sacarosa,
  • birrefringencia circular,
  • glucómetro.

How to Cite

Cortez-Gonzalez, L., Selvas-Aguilar, R., Castillo-Guzman, A., & Ceballos-Herrera, D. (2016). Measuring the optical activity of the sucrose for the construction of an optical glucometer. Acta Universitaria, 26, 17–19. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2016.856

Abstract

A study of the optical activity of the sucrose is presented as a basis for the construction of an optical glucometer. It features an infrared laser diode whose emission passes through a water/sugar sample solution at different concentrations. In an elliptical representation, the results show that circular birefringence favors right circular polarization. Subsequent work aims at finding the behavior in blood samples.