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 …

Plasmonic Functionality of Optical Fiber Tips: Mechanisms, Fabrications, and Applications

B Du, Y Xu, L Zhang, Y Zhang - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optical fiber tips with the flat end-facets functionalized take the special advantages of easy
fabrication, compactness, and ready-integration among the community of optical fiber …

[HTML][HTML] A quasi-3D Fano resonance cavity on optical fiber end-facet for high signal-to-noise ratio dip-and-read surface plasmon sensing

X Sun, Z Lei, H Zhong, C He, S Liu, Q Meng… - Light: Advanced …, 2022 - light-am.com
Surface plasmon devices mounted at the end-facets of optical fibers are appealing
candidates for rapid and point-of-care sensing applications, by offering a special dip-and …

Fiber-optic meta-tip with multi-sensitivity resonance dips for humidity sensing

Y Liu, Y Chen, S Zhou, L Huang, Y Wang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
In response to the requirements of small effective sensing volume for simultaneous
interpreting of resonant peaks with different sensing sensitivities, a surface plasmon …

[HTML][HTML] A total-internal-reflection-based Fabry–Pérot resonator for ultra-sensitive wideband ultrasound and photoacoustic applications

X Jiang, M Shen, DPK Lun, W Chen, MG Somekh - Photoacoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
In photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging, optical transducers offer a unique potential to
provide higher responsivity, wider bandwidths, and greatly reduced electrical and acoustic …

Carbon nanocoils and polyvinyl alcohol composite films for fiber-optic Fabry–Perot acoustic sensors

Y Sun, Z Dong, Z Ding, N Wang, L Sun, H Wei… - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) are widely used in functional devices due to their helical
morphology, which can be utilized in the fabrication of functional materials with unique …

Broadband ultrasound detection using silicon micro-ring resonators

Z Ding, J Sun, C Li, Y Shi - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High sensitivity, broadband bandwidth, small size and scalability to a fine-pitch matrix of
ultrasound (US) sensors are essential for high-resolution ultrasonography and …

Direct laser writing of a phase-shifted Bragg grating waveguide for ultrasound detection

H Wei, S Krishnaswamy - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a phase-shifted Bragg grating waveguide (PS-BGW) fabricated by a direct
laser writing technique via two-photon polymerization as a high-frequency ultrasonic sensor …

Two-photon 3D printing diaphragm-integrated ring waveguide coupler for ultrasound detection

H Wei, K Sun, Y Wei, M Zhu, H Zhang, F Pang… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a diaphragm-integrated ring waveguide coupler fabricated by the two-
photon direct laser wring technique as an ultrasonic sensor, which is integrated on an …

Flexible transfer of plasmonic photonic structures onto fiber tips for sensor applications in liquids

Y Wang, F Liu, X Zhang - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmonic photonic nanostructuring on the end facets of optical fibers may enable extensive
applications of the miniaturized devices in sensors. However, the small area on the fiber tips …