This biannual review covers the time period from January 2004 to December 2005 and is
written in continuation of previous reviews (A1-A3). An electronic search in SciFinder and …

There has been a steady progress in develo** synthetic fibers in the past few years.
Bicomponent fibers and nanofibers in a core/shell (C/S) configuration, including two …

Fiber optic bio and chemical sensors have been widely studied for the past 10 years. The
availability of new types of optical fibers (such as IR fibers, photonic crystal fibers), new types …

In this review, we introduce photonic crystal fibre as a novel optofluidic microdevice that can
be employed as both a versatile chemical sensor and a highly efficient microreactor. We …

Recently developed micro-and nano-structured optical fiber sensors, with particular
reference to surface plasmon resonance (SPR) fiber sensors and photonic crystal fiber …

In almost all areas of daily life the demands on the communications infrastructure increased
dramatically. With regard to the volume of data that has to be transmitted, no matter whether …

An interesting feature of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) is that their properties can be
adjusted by filling or coating of the holes. Some applications require selective filling or …

We report on experimental measurements of the refractive index of twelve organic solvents
at five different wavelengths (450, 532, 632.8, 964 and 1,551 nm) and a temperature of 300 …

The field of hybrid optical fibers is one of the most active research areas in current fiber
optics and has the vision of integrating sophisticated materials inside fibers, which are not …

This article offers an extensive survey of results obtained using hybrid photonic-crystal fibers
(PCFs) which constitute one of the most active research fields in contemporary fiber optics …