For many decades, experimental solid mechanics has played a crucial role in characterizing
and understanding the mechanical properties of natural and novel artificial materials …

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technology has effectively bolstered optic fiber sensing
in fields of life science, clinical diagnosis, medicine, food safety and so on. The current …

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 …

Sensor technology has an important effect on many aspects in our society, and has gained
much progress, propelled by the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Current …

Surface plasmonic sensors have been widely used in biology, chemistry, and environment
monitoring. These sensors exhibit extraordinary sensitivity based on surface plasmon …

The development of highly-sensitive miniaturized sensors that allow real-time quantification
of analytes is highly desirable in medical diagnostics, veterinary testing, food safety, and …

Optical fibers have been widely applied to telecommunication, imaging, lasers, and sensing.
Among the different types of fibers, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), also called …

The ability to detect pathogenic and physiologically relevant molecules in the body with high
sensitivity and specificity offers a powerful opportunity in the early diagnosis and treatment of …

The development of reliable, affordable and efficient sensors is a key step in providing tools
for efficient monitoring of critical environmental parameters. This review focuses on the use …

A novel D-shaped photonic crystal fiber refractive index sensor based on surface plasmon
resonance (SPR) is proposed and numerically studied. Different from the normal D-shaped …