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Refractive-index (RI) sensing plays a pivotal role in various domains, encompassing applications like glucose sensing, biosensing, and gas detection. Despite the advantages of optical fiber sensors, such as their compact size, flexibility,…
We present a unified refractive index (RI) sensing platform that integrates THz-comb-based frequency multiplication with dual-comb active-dummy temperature compensation. In conventional RI-sensing optical frequency combs (OFCs),…
Optical frequency combs have attracted attention as optical frequency rulers due to their tooth-like discrete spectra together with their inherent mode-locking nature and phase-locking control to a frequency standard. Based on this concept,…
In the present work a new model of a refractive index (RI) sensor is exhibited. This is based on a dual core micro-structured optical fiber (MOF), where two holes are introduced at the core centers. In this way, the model enhances the…
Optical fibre-based sensors measuring refractive index shift in bodily fluids and tissues are versatile and accurate probes of physiological processes. Here, we suggest a refractive index sensor based on a microstructured exposed-core fibre…
In this paper, we report a capillary-based M-Z interferometer that could be used for precise detection of variations in refractive indices of gaseous samples. This sensing mechanism is quite straightforward. Cladding and core modes of a…
We have implemented a multi-functional optofluidic sensor that can monitor changes in the refractive index and pressure of biofluid simultaneously and can detect free-solution molecular interaction in-situ. In this paper, we demonstrate two…
In this work we present a refractive index sensor based on the leaky radiation of a microfiber. The 5.3um diameter microfiber is fabricated by drawing a commercial optical fiber. When the microfiber is immersed into a liquid with larger…
The use of relatively simple structures to achieve high performance refractive index sensors has always been urgently needed. In this work, we propose a lithography-free sensing platform based on metal-dielectric cavity, the sensitivity of…
In this work, a refractive index (RI) sensor with an effective integration of colorimetric detection and optical sensing capabilities has been developed. Colorimetric detection relies on the sensitivity of the structural color of photonic…
In this paper, we report on a multicore fiber-based (MCF) temperature sensor that operates in a wide thermal range and that is robustly packaged to withstand harsh environments. To develop the sensor, the fundamentals concerning the effect…
We consider refractive index sensing with optical bounds states in the continuum (BICs) in dielectric gratings. Applying a perturbative approach we derived the differential sensitivity and the figure of merit of a sensor operating in the…
Non-contact measurement of the refractive index and thickness of multilayer biological tissues is of great significance for biomedical applications and can greatly improve medical diagnosis and treatment. In this work, we introduce a…
A novel method is proposed to measure the refractive indices (RIs) of the materials of different transparent solid state media. To exploit the advantage of non-contact measurement laser beam interferometry is used as an effective technique…
Thermal lensing in resonant optical interferometers such as those used for gravitational wave detection is a concern due to the negative impact on control signals and instrument sensitivity. In this paper we describe a method for monitoring…
A refractive index sensor based on a semicircular bent fiber is presented. The interference occurs between the cladding mode excited in the bending region and the core mode. Both the theoretical and experimental results show that the…
We demonstrate aqueous refractive index sensing with 15 to 30 {\mu}m diameter silicon nitride microdisk resonators to detect small concentrations of Li salt. A dimpled-tapered fiber is used to couple 780 nm visible light to the microdisks,…
In this work, we demonstrate an integrated platform comprising a refractive index (RI) sensor based on Photonic Molecule (PM) that effectively mitigates the influence of environmental perturbations using a differential measurement scheme…
Within the last decade microscopic multiphase flows have gained broad interest. An exact understanding of the underlying hydrodynamic interrelations is the key for successful reactor layout and reaction control. To examine the local…
We report a refractive index sensor comprising of unique T grating on top of periodic nano-cavities. The sensor has two resonant modes sensitive to different regions of the structure with low inter-region interference, hence allows…