Micro-/nanofiber optics: Merging photonics and material science on nanoscale for advanced sensing technology

L Zhang, Y Tang, L Tong - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Micro-/nanofibers (MNFs) are optical fibers with diameters close to or below the wavelength
of the guided light. These tiny fibers can offer engineerable waveguiding properties …

A review of coating materials used to improve the performance of optical fiber sensors

C Li, W Yang, M Wang, X Yu, J Fan, Y Xiong, Y Yang… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In order to improve the performance of fiber sensors and fully tap the potential of optical fiber
sensors, various optical materials have been selectively coated on optical fiber sensors …

Ultrasensitive temperature sensor with Vernier-effect improved fiber Michelson interferometer

Y Zhao, M Dai, Z Chen, X Liu, MSA Gandhi, Q Li… - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A novel fiber Michelson interferometer (FMI) based on parallel dual polarization maintaining
fiber Sagnac interferometers (PMF-SIs) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for …

Flexible and Wearable Optical System Based on U‐Shaped Cascaded Microfiber Interferometer

P Mishra, H Kumar, S Sahu… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Future wearable devices for health monitoring, robotics, and ultraprecise industrial
positioning necessitate flexible optical systems. Here, an optical microfiber interferometer …

Fiber optic temperature sensor with online controllable sensitivity based on Vernier effect

M Dai, Z Chen, Y Zhao, X Mu, X Liu… - IEEE Sensors …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A highly-sensitive temperature sensor with controllable sensitivity based on Vernier effect by
cascading a tunable extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) and a fixed reflective Lyot filter …

Temperature sensing characteristics of an MKR in a microfiber taper based on mechanisms of interference and resonance with Vernier effect

L Cai, F Xia, H Zhang, Y Zhao - Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, spectral characteristics and temperature sensing characteristics of an in-line
microfiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with an embedded microfiber knot resonator …

A compact fluorescent probe for real-time thermal monitoring of chips

T Cheng, W Liu, D Song, Z Yin, F Zhang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a compact fluorescent probe based on fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR)
technique is proposed for real-time thermal monitoring of chips, the sensing unit of which is …

A new method to improve the sensitivity of nitrate concentration measurement in seawater based on dispersion turning point

L Yang, J Wang, S Wang, Y Liao, Y Li - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
The nitrate concentration is extremely low in seawater, which needs highly sensitive sensors
to measure. In this paper, a new method to improve the sensitivity of nitrate concentration …

Simultaneous measurement of refractive index, strain, and temperature based on a Mach–Zehnder interferometer with hybrid structure optical fiber

X Gao, T Ning, J Zheng, J Li, L Pei, C Zhang, L Liu… - Applied Optics, 2019 - opg.optica.org
An optical fiber sensor based on a Mach–Zehnder interferometer with hybrid structure
optical fiber for simultaneous measurement of refractive index (RI), strain, and temperature is …

High sensitivity temperature sensor based on liquid filled hole-assisted dual-core fiber

J Yang, C Guan, P Tian, R Chu, P Ye, K Wang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2020 - Elsevier
A high sensitivity temperature sensor is numerically and experimentally investigated in liquid
filled eccentric hole-assisted dual-core fiber (EHADCF). The sensor is constructed by …