The generation of diffractive optical elements often requires time and cost consuming
production techniques such as photolithography. Especially in research and development …

A refractive index sensor based on bimodal waveguide interferometer is demonstrated on
the low-cost polymer platform for the first time. Different from conventional interferometers …

We report a new method for detecting human IgG (hIgG) in serum on integrated‐optical
Mach‐Zehnder interferometer biosensors realized in a high index contrast polymer material …

In this study, we demonstrate the fabrication of waveguide resonators using nanoimprint
technology. Without relying on traditionally costly lithography methods, such as electron …

A microring resonator with the multimode interference coupler is fabricated on the polymer
platform by using UV-based soft nanoimprint technique. A unique class of fluorinated …

Hybrid polymers constitute a class of optical materials combining properties of inorganic
glass and organic polymers. The flexible synthesis and processing allows for specific …

When nanoimprint serves as a lithography process, it is most attractive for the ability to
overcome the typical residual layer remaining without the need for etching. Then,'partial …

Inorganic based optical transducers have demonstrated their suitability for labelled and
label-free sensing of biomolecules but suffer from their relatively high cost. Photonic …

Optical sensors can be used to measure various quantities such as pressure, strain,
temperature, refractive index, pH value and biochemical reactions. The interrogation of the …

The advances in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have been quite dramatic,
revolutionizing the speed and the capability of computing and communications. However …