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 …

As a combination of fiber optics and nanotechnology, optical micro/nanofiber (MNF) is
considered as an important multifunctional building block for fabricating various miniaturized …

Sensitive detection of cardiac biomarkers is critical for clinical diagnostics of myocardial
infarction (MI) while such detection is quite challenging due to the ultra-low concentration of …

Monitoring the dynamic humidity requires sensors with fast response and anti-
electromagnetic interference, especially for human respiration. Here, an ultrafast fiber-optic …

A kind of ultrasensitive magnetic field sensor based on microfiber coupler and magnetic fluid
(MF) is proposed and investigated. As the working wavelength is near the birefringence …

This paper presents a micro-machined, high-resolution refractive index sensor suitable for
monitoring of small changes in the composition of gases. Experimentally demonstrated …

Optical microfibers (MF), as a connection between fiber optics and nanotechnology, can
realize enhanced light-matter/environment interactions, which benefit for optical sensing …

We report a simple and effective method to improve the sensitivities of fiber-optic modal
interferometers with birefringence induced Vernier effect. Taking optical microfiber coupler …

In the field of physical oceanography, the temperature and pressure of seawater are
important fundamental parameters. In order to realize the simultaneous measurement of the …

In most fiber-optic gas sensing applications where the interested refractive index (RI) is~ 1.0,
the sensitivities are greatly constrained by the large mismatch between the effective RI of the …