Optical refractive index sensors with plasmonic and photonic structures: promising and inconvenient truth

Y Xu, P Bai, X Zhou, Y Akimov, CE Png… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Optical sensors are widely used for refractive index measurement in chemical, biomedical,
and food processing industries. Due to specific field distribution of the resonances, optical …

Lab on Fiber Technology for biological sensing applications

P Vaiano, B Carotenuto, M Pisco… - Laser & Photonics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents an overview of “Lab on Fiber” technologies and devices with special
focus on the design and development of advanced fiber optic nanoprobes for biological …

A comprehensive review of optical fiber refractometers: Toward a standard comparative criterion

A Urrutia, I Del Villar, P Zubiate… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Thanks to the peculiarities of optical fiber and its ability to be combined with
nanotechnology, precise and accurate measurements of the changes in optical properties …

Label-free detection of vitamin D by optical biosensing based on long period fiber grating

F Esposito, L Sansone, A Srivastava… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we report a fiber optic biosensor for the label-free detection of vitamin D, by
targeting the major circulating form of D3 in human body, ie, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25 (OH) …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in the design of wavelength-based optical fibre biosensors (2008–2018)

AB Socorro-Leránoz, D Santano, I Del Villar… - … and bioelectronics: X, 2019 - Elsevier
During the last decades, both governments and companies have been committed to the
continuous checking of biological parameters, which can prevent extra costs to …

Optimization of sensitivity in long period fiber gratings with overlay deposition

ID Villar, IR Matías, FJ Arregui, P Lalanne - Optics Express, 2005 - opg.optica.org
The deposition of an overlay of higher refractive index than the cladding in a Long Period
Fiber Grating (LPFG) permits to improve the sensitivity to ambient refractive index changes …

Mode transition in high refractive index coated long period gratings

A Cusano, A Iadicicco, P Pilla, L Contessa… - Optics …, 2006 - opg.optica.org
In this work, the numerical and experimental investigation of the cladding modes re-
organization in high refractive index (HRI) coated Long Period Gratings (LPGs) is reported …

Ultrahigh-sensitivity sensors based on thin-film coated long period gratings with reduced diameter, in transition mode and near the dispersion turning point

I Del Villar - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The mode transition and the dispersion turning point have been explored for optimization of
thin-film coated long period fiber gratings during the last years. In this work and additional …

Vibration detection using optical fiber sensors

YR Garcia, JM Corres, J Goicoechea - Journal of Sensors, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Condition monitoring of heavy electromechanical equipment is commonly accomplished in
the industry using vibration analysis. Several techniques, mainly based on capacitive and …

Optical Fiber Sensors Based on Nanoparticle‐Embedded Coatings

A Urrutia, J Goicoechea, FJ Arregui - Journal of Sensors, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in scientific applications has attracted the attention of many
researchers in the last few years. The use of NPs can help researchers to tune the physical …