Surface enhancement can provide improved detection sensitivity in a range of optical
spectroscopies. When applied to bioanalysis these enhanced techniques allow for the …

Silver chlorobromide (AgClxBr1− x, 0< x< 1) nanocubes with a highly uniform size,
morphology, and crystallinity have been successfully synthesized through a co-precipitation …

Photonic crystal fibers are normally holey silica fibers, which are opaque in the mid-and far-
infrared. We have fabricated novel fibers by multiple extrusions of silver halide crystalline …

There is an interest in single-mode fibers that are highly transparent in the middle infrared.
Such fibers would be valuable for spectroscopy, interferometry, fiber lasers, and heterodyne …

We have developed a scanning near field microscopy system based on tapered silver halide
fibers which had tips of diameters smaller than a wavelength. The system was calibrated for …

Single-mode (SM) fibers for the middle infrared (3–20 μm) are required for a variety of
purposes, such as spatial filtering and interferometry. There has only been limited success in …

We theoretically and experimentally illustrate a new apertured near-field scanning optical
microscopy (NSOM) technique, termed differential NSOM (DNSOM). It involves scanning a …

Ternary silver chlorobromide (AgClxBr1− x) nanoparticles with finely tuned compositions
have been successfully synthesized through a co-precipitation approach in which silver …

Single-mode optical fibers for the middle infrared (mid-IR)(m) are needed for many
applications such as IR fiber lasers, spatial filtering, and interferometry. There has only been …

Single-mode optical fibers for the middle infrared are needed for many applications such as
infrared fiber lasers, spatial filtering, and interferometry. Index guiding photonic crystal fibers …