The invention belongs to the field of
optical sensing technology and
food component analysis, and discloses a tea
polyphenol detection method and a tea
polyphenol detection device based on an
infrared evanescent wave absorption spectrum. Comprising the following steps that a conical
infrared optical fiber sensor is provided, the conical
infrared optical fiber sensor is obtained by drawing an
optical fiber with the
diameter of 150-1000 microns to obtain a conical infrared optical
fiber, and then the end faces of the two ends of the conical infrared optical
fiber sensor are polished till the end faces of the optical
fiber are free of scratches, so that the two end faces of the optical fiber are flat, smooth and bright and form mirror faces; the conical infrared optical
fiber sensor is packaged in the
sample pool, the upper end of the
sample pool is open, and a to-be-detected sample solution is injected and fully coats the optical fiber; an 850-4000 cm <-1 > infrared
light source is provided, focused infrared light enters the optical fiber and is
fully coupled with the optical fiber, an infrared
evanescent wave absorption spectrum is collected, and qualitative and quantitative analysis is carried out on the tea
polyphenol content based on the tea polyphenol characteristic
peak intensity. The method for detecting the tea polyphenol has the characteristics of rapidness, high sensitivity and low
detection limit.