Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) have received tremendous interest in recent years for many
biomedical applications due to their unique light-guiding properties. PCF based …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have made a significant and valuable contribution to
materials science, photophysics, and biomedicine due to their specific spectroscopic …

We review the field of fluid-filled solid-core photonic bandgap fibers (SC-PBGF): we present
the mechanisms and models of light guidance in these fibers, and how the guidance …

The development of optical fibers with suspended cores has enabled the demonstration of a
range of powerful new techniques for chemical and biological sensing. Here the fabrication …

We have developed a fluorescence-based fiber-optical biosensor, which can selectively
detect different antibodies in serial at preselected positions inside a single piece of fiber. The …

New methods for fabricating glass exposed-core microstructured optical fiber are
demonstrated. The fiber designs consist of an optical fiber with a suspended micron-scale …

We compare the Tollens reaction, a simple chemical coating method, with the more
commonly used RF sputtering technique for use in creating surfaces suitable for sensing …

Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides are highly promising for integrated
optoelectronic and photonic systems due to their exciton‐driven linear and nonlinear …

In this work we demonstrate a suspended core microstructured optical fiber-based sensor
platform for explosives detection based on the fluorescence quenching of a surface-attached …

Optofluidics is an emerging field that involves the use of fluids to modify optical properties
and the use of optical devices to detect flowing media. Ultimately, its value is highly …