Listar Dpto. Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica - Ingeniaritza Elektriko eta Elektronikoa Saila por autor UPNA "Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos"
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An antibacterial coating based on a polymer/sol-gel hybrid matrix loaded with silver nanoparticles
In this work a novel antibacterial surface composed of an organic-inorganic hybrid matrix of tetraorthosilicate and a polyelectrolyte is presented. A precursor solution of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and poly(acrylic acid ... -
Contribución al desarrollo de refractómetros de fibra óptica basados en resonancias de modos con pérdidas
El desarrollo de nuevos materiales y métodos de deposición a escala nanométrica ha supuesto una auténtica revolución en muchas disciplinas de la investigación. En particular, los recubrimientos nanoestructurados permiten ... -
Design rules for lossy mode resonance based sensors
Lossy mode resonances can be obtained in the transmission spectrum of cladding removed multimode optical fiber coated with a thin-film. The sensitivity of these devices to changes in the properties of the coating or the ... -
Experimental demonstration of lossy mode resonance generation for transverse-magnetic and transverse-electric polarizations
This Letter, presents the fabrication of lossy mode resonance (LMR) devices based on titanium dioxide (TiO2)/ poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) coatings deposited on side-polished D-shaped optical fibers. TiO2 thin ... -
Experimental study and sensing applications of polarization-dependent lossy mode resonances generated by D-shape coated optical fibers
The fabrication and characterization of an optical fiber refractometer based on Lossy Mode Resonances (LMR) is presented. TiO2/ poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) coatings deposited on side-polished D-shaped optical ... -
Femtomolar detection by nanocoated fiber label-free biosensors
The advent of optical fibre-based biosensors combined with that of nanotechnologies has provided an oppor-tunity for developing in situ, portable, lightweight, versatile and high-performance optical sensing platforms. We ... -
A fiber optic ammonia sensor using a universal pH indicator
A universal pH indicator is used to fabricate a fiber optic ammonia sensor. The advantage of this pH indicator is that it exhibits sensitivity to ammonia over a broad wavelength range. This provides a differential response, ... -
Fiber-optic lossy mode resonance sensors
In the last 4 years, experimental evidences about the potential use of optical sensors based on Lossy Mode Resonances (LMR) have been presented in the literature. These LMR sensors have some similarities with Surface ... -
Gasohol quality control for real time applications by means of a multimode interference fiber sensor
In this work we demonstrate efficient quality control of a variety of gasoline and ethanol (gasohol) blends using a multimode interference (MMI) fiber sensor. The operational principle relies on the fact that the addition ... -
Generation of lossy mode resonances by deposition of high-refractive-index coatings on uncladded multimode optical fibers
A comparative study of lossy mode resonances generated by depositing two different materials is presented. The two materials selected are indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium oxide. The two materials present different ... -
Generation of lossy mode resonances with absorbing thin-films
The generation of lossy mode resonances with absorbing thin-films is analyzed with electromagnetic theory. The main differences with surface plasmon resonances are presented and some rules are given towards an optimum ... -
Generation of surface plasmon resonance and lossy mode resonance by thermal treatment of ITO thin-films
Silicon wafers coated with IndiumTinOxide (ITO) by application of sputtering technique have been characterized after different post-annealing techniques, showing that this last factor is critical for the quality of the ... -
Giant sensitivity of optical fiber sensors by means of lossy moderesonance
Here we show an optical refractometer with a giant sensitivity of 304,360 nm per refractive index unit(nm/RIU). This sensitivity corresponds to a resolution of 3.28 × 10−9RIU if a standard optical spectrumanalyzer with a ... -
High sensitive and selective C-reactive protein detection by means of lossy mode resonance based optical fiber devices
This work presents the development of high sensitive, selective, fast and reusable C-reactive protein (CRP) aptasensors. This novel approach takes advantage of the utilization of high sensitive refractometers based on ... -
High sensitive refractometers based on lossy mode resonances (LMRs) supported by ITO coated D-shaped optical fibers
Tin doped indium oxide (ITO) coatings fabricated onto D-shaped optical fibers are presented as the supporting medium for Lossy Mode Resonances (LMRs) generation. The characteristic geometry of ITO-coated D-shaped optical ... -
Is there a frontier in sensitivity with lossy mode resonance (LMR) based refractometers?
A tin dioxide thin layer has been studied in order to improve the sensitivity of lossy mode resonances (LMR) based sensors. The effects of the thin film thickness and the polarization of light in a SnO2 coated D-shaped ... -
Lossy mode resonance generation with indium tin oxide coated optical fibers for sensing applications
Surface plasmon resonances and lossy mode resonances can be generated with Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coated optical fibers. Both phenomena are analyzed and compared. Lossy mode resonances present important advantages: ... -
Micro and nanostructured materials for the development of optical fibre sensors
The measurement of chemical and biomedical parameters can take advantage of the features exclusively offered by optical fibre: passive nature, electromagnetic immunity and chemical stability are some of the most relevant ... -
Optical fiber refractometers based on indium tin oxide coatings with response in the visible spectral region
This work presents the fabrication of optical fiber refractometers based on indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings with response in the visible spectral region. ITO thin-films have been sputtered by employing a rotating mechanism ... -
Optical fiber refractometers based on sputtered indium tin oxide coatings
This work presents the fabrication of optical fiber refractometers based on indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings deposited by sputtering with response in the visible spectral region. ITO thin-films have been sputtered by ...