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We present highly sensitive refractometers based on a long-period grating in a large mode area PCF. The maximum sensitivity is 1500 nm/RIU at a refractive index of 1.33, the highest reported for any fiber grating. The minimal detectable…
Compensating the temperature induced phase-changes of concatenated dual-resonance long-period-gratings by a suitably chosen inter-grating material and space we report wide-range temperature insensitivity along with extremely high…
Current optical detection schemes for single molecules require light absorption, either to produce fluorescence or direct absorption signals. This severely limits the range of molecules that can be detected, because most molecules are…
In this work the behavior of optical micro-ring resonators, especially when functioning as refractive index sensors, is studied in detail. Two configurations are considered, namely a linear waveguide coupled to a circular one and two linear…
Plasmonic platforms are a promising solution for the next generation of low-cost, integrated biomedical sensors. However, fabricating these nanostructures often requires lengthy and challenging fabrication processes. Here we exploit the…
A nanofabricated regular array of coupled gold nano-pillars is employed to detect local indices of refraction of different liquids using a shift of an antisymmetric plasmon resonance peak observed in the reflection spectra. The peak…
We present a refractometric sensor realized as a stack of metallic gratings with subwavelength features and embedded within a low-index dielectric medium. Light is strongly confined through funneling mechanisms and excites resonances that…
We use frequency entangled photons, generated via spontaneous parametric down conversion, to measure the broadband spectral response of an array of gold nanoparticles exhibiting Fano-type plasmon resonance. Refractive index sensing of a…
We derive an approach to define the causal direction of the wavevector of modes in optical metamaterials, which in turn, determines signs of refractive index and impedance as a function of {\it real and imaginary} parts of dielectric…
We demonstrate a wide-band all-optical method of nanoscale magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy under ambient conditions. Our method relies on cross-relaxation between a probe spin, the electronic spin of a nitrogen-vacancy centre in…
Portable and cost-effective gas sensors are gaining demand for a number of environmental, biomedical and industrial applications, yet current devices are confined into specialized labs and cannot be extended to general use. Here, we…
We show that up to 90% reflectivity can be achieved by using guided plasmonic resonances in a one-dimensional periodic array of plasmonic nanoribbon. In general, to achieve strong reflection from a guided resonance system requires one to…
Controlling the flow of broadband electromagnetic energy at the nanoscale remains a critical challenge in optoelectronics. Surface plasmon polaritons (or plasmons) provide subwavelength localization of light, but are affected by significant…
Graphene has good mechanical properties including large Young's modulus, making it ideal for many resonant sensing applications. Nonetheless, the development of graphene based sensors has been limited due to difficulties in fabrication,…
Field-enhanced infrared molecular spectroscopy has been widely applied in chemical analysis, environment monitoring, and food and drug safety. The sensitivity of molecular spectroscopy critically depends on the electromagnetic field…
Magnetic nanostructures sustaining different kinds of optical modes have been used for magnetometry and label-free ultrasensitive refractive index probing, where the main challenge is the realization of compact devices able to transfer this…
Optical excitation and subsequent decay of graphene plasmons can produce a significant increase in charge-carrier temperature. An efficient method to convert this temperature elevation into a measurable electrical signal at room temperature…
This work presents a high-performance, multilayered surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensor designed to enhance performance parameters in the near-infrared (NIR) region through angular interrogation. The multi-layered sensor consists…
We experimentally demonstrate a method for measuring correlations of wideband magnetic signals with spatial resolution below the optical diffraction limit. Our technique employs two nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as nanoscale…
A broadband detection method with coherent laser pulses exciting surface plasmons is investigated. The intensity and phase characteristics of the reflected light in Kretschmann configuration are calculated. It is shown that by mixing…