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Mid-infrared spectroscopy is essential for chemical identification and compositional analysis, due to the existence of characteristic molecular absorption fingerprints. However, it is very challenging to determine the refractive index of an…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-16 Xiaofei Xiao , Stefan A. Maier , Vincenzo Giannini

We present a simulation guided design for a multilayer surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based biosensor capable of detecting refractive index changes in a target induced by analytes. Surface plasmons are excited using a hybrid Kretschmann…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-23 R. Runthala , V. K. Venkatesh , D. Gupta , P. Arora

Optical fiber-based platforms are increasingly explored as compact, minimally invasive tools for integrated photonic functionalities in biomedical applications. Among these, the combination of plasmonic heating and optical sensing on a…

The evolution toward next-generation intelligent sensing requires microwave systems to move beyond static detection and achieve high-speed and adaptive perception of dynamic scenes. However, the existing microwave sensing systems have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Qian Ma , Ze Gu , Zi Rui Feng , Qian Wen Wu , Yu Ming Ning , Zhi Qiao Han , Rui Si Li , Xinxin Gao , Tie Jun Cui

This letter introduces a novel class of miniaturized, uncooled, and ultra-fast infrared (IR) resonant thermal detectors (RTDs) based on 30%-doped Aluminum Scandium Nitride (AlScN) nanoplates. Exploiting high electromechanical coupling, good…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-27 Aurelio Venditti , Walter Gubinelli , Enise F. Altin , Luca Colombo , Pietro Simeoni , Benyamin Davaji , Matteo Rinaldi

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…

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-27 Dmitry A. Kalashnikov , Zhenying Pan , Arseniy I. Kuznetsov , Leonid A. Krivitsky

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…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-16 G. Tsigaridas , V. Karvouniaris , G. Chalkiadakis , P. Persephonis

Surface Plasmon Resonance sensors are a well-established class of sensors which includes a very large variety of materials and detection schemes. However, the development of portable devices is still challenging as due to the intrinsic…

It has been recently suggested that the nonlinear optical processes in plasmonic nanoantennas allow for a substantial boost in the sensitivity of plasmonic sensing platforms. Here we present a sensing device based on an array of…

Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy and its variants are key technologies for visualizing the dynamics of single molecules or organelles in live cells. Yet, truely quantitative TIRF remains problematic. One unknown…

Biological Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 Maia Brunstein , Lopamudra Roy , Martin Oheim

In this paper, an analytical formula for the sensitivity of optical sensors based on one-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) with a defect was derived for the first time. Based on this formula, a comparative analysis of the sensitivity of…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-02 Nikolay A. Vanyushkin , I. M. Efimov , Ashot H. Gevorgyan

We present a novel differential refractive index sensor based on arrays of photonic molecules (PM) of dielectric cylinders and two structural defect cavities. The transmission spectrum of the photonic proposed structure as sensor shows a…

Optics · Physics 2016-08-09 Angel Andueza , Jesus Perez-Conde , Joaquin Sevilla

This paper presents a comprehensive study on a novel multilayer surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor designed for detecting trace-level toxins in liquid samples with exceptional precision and efficiency. Leveraging the Kretschmann…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-31 Suripto Bhuiyan , Michael Geller

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can help establish secondary line-of-sight links for 5G mmWave and beyond applications to cater for the large path loss and blockage in millimeter-wave direct links. It is desirable that the RISs…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-09 Yiming Yang , Mohammad Vaseem , Ruiqi Wang , Behrooz Makki , Atif Shamim

Photonic integrated circuit devices can be used as refractometric opto-fluidic sensors to detect the presence of analytes in solution at low concentrations. In this work, we investigate the refractive index sensitivity of silicon nitride…

In a previous work we have demonstrated a novel numerical model for the point spread function (PSF) of an optical system that can efficiently model both experimental measurements and lens design simulations of the PSF. The novelty lies in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-25 Matthias Lehmann , Christian Wittpahl , Hatem Ben Zakour , Alexander Braun

High quality factor resonances are extremely promising for designing ultra-sensitive refractive index label-free sensors since it allows intense interaction between electromagnetic waves and the analyte material. Metamaterial and plasmonic…

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…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-20 F. Gao , H. Liu , C. Sheng , C. Zhu , S. N. Zhu

In this work, we use artificial neural networks (ANNs) to recognize the material composition, sizes of nanoparticles and their concentrations in different media with high accuracy, solely from the absorbance spectrum of a macroscopic…