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 …

Recent advances and current trends in optical fiber biosensors based on tilted fiber Bragg gratings

H Jean-Ruel, J Albert - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Tilted fiber Bragg gratings (TFBGs) have been shown to possess many unique
features that allow for the development of accurate sensors, especially in the biochemical …

Review of femtosecond laser direct writing fiber-optic structures based on refractive index modification and their applications

J Zhao, Y Zhao, Y Peng, R Lv, Q Zhao - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Femtosecond (fs) laser pulses direct writing technology has been extensively employed to
achieve microfabrication in various optical fibers for a broad range of applications. In this …

Simultaneous measurement of axial strain, bending and torsion with a single fiber Bragg grating in CYTOP fiber

AG Leal-Junior, A Theodosiou, CR Diaz… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents the development of a three-dimensional (3-D) displacement sensor
based on one fiber Bragg grating (FBG). In order to obtain higher sensitivity and dynamic …

Application of additive layer manufacturing technique on the development of high sensitive fiber Bragg grating temperature sensors

A Leal-Junior, J Casas, C Marques, MJ Pontes… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the development of temperature sensors based on fiber Bragg gratings
(FBGs) embedded in 3D-printed structures made of different materials, namely polylatic acid …

Polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings in CYTOP fibers for angle measurement with dynamic compensation

A Leal-Junior, A Theodosiou, C Díaz, C Marques… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper demonstrates the use of polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) for angle
measurements over a range of different oscillatory frequencies. The POFBGs are inscribed …

Active optical fibers and components for fiber lasers emitting in the 2-μm spectral range

F Todorov, J Aubrecht, P Peterka, O Schreiber… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Laser sources emitting in the infrared range at around 2 µm are attracting great interest for a
variety of applications like processing of transparent thermoplastic polymers in industry as …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast laser processing of optical fibers for sensing applications

SJ Mihailov, C Hnatovsky, N Abdukerim, RB Walker… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
A review of recent progress in the use of infrared femtosecond lasers to fabricate optical fiber
sensors that incorporate fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) and random fiber gratings (RFG) is …

Laser-induced graphene from commercial polyimide coated optical fibers for sensor development

L Martins, B Kulyk, A Theodosiou, A Ioannou… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct laser scribing (DLS) technology is applied to commercial polyimide (PI) coated optical
fibers producing laser-induced graphene (LIG) coated optical fibers. The PI-coated optical …

Optical fiber sensors by direct laser processing: A review

D Pallarés-Aldeiturriaga, P Roldán-Varona… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The consolidation of laser micro/nano processing technologies has led to a continuous
increase in the complexity of optical fiber sensors. This new avenue offers novel possibilities …