• Ag@Fe3O4-coated U-shaped plastic optical fiber sensor for H2S detection 

      López Vargas, Juan David; Dante, Alex; Allil, Regina C.; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Werneck, Marcelo M. (Elsevier, 2024)   Artículo / Artikulua
      This work presents the fabrication of U-shaped plastic optical fiber (POF) sensors for hydrogen sulfide (H2S) detection, coated with Fe3O4 nanoparticles synthetized using the Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid (PLAL) technique. ...
    • All-fiber ellipsometer for nanoscale dielectric coatings 

      Imas González, José Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ozcariz Celaya, Aritz Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Albert, Jacques (Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Multiple mode resonance shifts in tilted fiber Bragg gratings (TFBGs) are used to simultaneously measure the thickness and the refractive index of TiO2 thin films formed by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) on optical fibers. ...
    • Bloch waves at the surface of a single-layer coating D-shaped photonic crystal fiber 

      González Valencia, Esteban; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Torres, Pedro (Optical Society of America, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bloch surface wave (BSW) platforms are particularly interesting for light confinement and surface sensitivity, as an alternative to the metal-based surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). However, most of the reported BSW platforms ...
    • Direct functionalization of TiO2/PSS sensing layer for an LMR-based optical fiber reusable biosensor 

      Santano, Desiree Upna Orcid; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Functionalization plays a crucial role in the development of biosensors. In this study, bioreceptors were directly immobilized onto the surface of a sensing layer after physical activation, avoiding the need for longer and ...
    • Electrochemical lossy mode resonance for the detection of manganese ions 

      Domínguez Rodríguez, Ismel Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Mozo, Juan D.; Simerova, Radka; Sezemsky, Petr; Stranak, Vitezslav; Śmietana, Mateusz; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work we propose electrochemical lossy mode resonance (eLMR) as a powerful method for the detection of manganese (Mn) ions. The sensor is based on a simple planar waveguide (sodasingle bondlime glass coverslip) ...
    • Enhancement of lossy mode resonance sensing properties by the introduction of an intermediate low-refractive-index layer 

      Armas, Dayron; Kwietniewski, Norbert; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Burnat, Dariusz; Śmietana, Mateusz; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Optica, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua
      Devices based on the lossy mode resonance (LMR) effect have found numerous sensing applications. Herein, the enhancement of the sensing properties by the introduction of an intermediate layer between the substrate and the ...
    • Fabrication of Bragg gratings on the end facet of standard optical fibers by sputtering the same material 

      Ascorbe Muruzabal, Joaquín Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2016)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A sputtering process has been applied to deposit quarter-wavelength stacks on the end facet of cleaved optical fibers by using only one sputtering target. Standard multimode optical fibers were used as substrates to fabricate ...
    • Fabrication of long period gratings by periodically removing the coating of cladding-etched single mode optical fiber towards optical fiber sensor development 

      Ascorbe Muruzabal, Joaquín Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Here, we present a novel method to fabricate long period gratings using standard single mode optical fibers (SMF). These optical devices were fabricated in a three-step process, which consisted of etching the SMF, then ...
    • Femtomolar detection by nanocoated fiber label-free biosensors 

      Chiavaioli, Francesco; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Giannetti, Ambra; Tombelli, Sara; Trono, Cosimo; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Baldini, Francesco (ACS, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      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 ...
    • Fiber-based early diagnosis of venous thromboembolic disease by label-free D-dimer detection 

      Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Egea Urra, Josune; Fernández Irigoyen, Joaquín Upna Orcid; Giannetti, Ambra; Baldini, Francesco; Díaz Lucas, Silvia Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Santamaría, Enrique; Chiavaioli, Francesco; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      D-dimer is a useful diagnostic biomarker for deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, collectively referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE). The ability to detect in real-time the amount of D-dimer with a fast and ...
    • Fiber-optic biosensor based on lossy mode resonances 

      Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio (Elsevier, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua
    • Generation of lossy mode resonances (LMR) using perovskite nanofilms 

      Armas, Dayron; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; López-González, M. Carmen; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Romero, Beatriz (Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The results presented here show for the first time the experimental demonstration of the fabrication of lossy mode resonance (LMR) devices based on perovskite coatings deposited on planar waveguides. Perovskite thin films ...
    • Generation of lossy mode resonances in a broadband range with multilayer coated coverslips optimized for humidity sensing 

      Bohórquez Navarro, Dina Luz Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Coverslips deposited with a metallic oxide can be employed for generating lossy mode resonances by lateral incidence of light on the coverslip. Here it is demonstrated that with copper oxide the fading observed with other ...
    • Generation of lossy mode resonances in planar waveguides toward development of humidity sensors 

      Fuentes Lorenzo, Omar Upna; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Lossy mode resonances (LMRs) are typically obtained with optical fibre. The Kretschmann configuration is an alternative but LMRs are generated with angles approaching grazing incidence. In this work, a new setup is explored, ...
    • Generation of lossy mode resonances with different nanocoatings deposited on coverslips 

      Fuentes Lorenzo, Omar Upna; Goicoechea Fernández, Javier Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ozcariz Celaya, Aritz Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The generation of lossy mode resonances (LMRs) with a setup based on lateral incidence of light in coverslips is a simple platform that can be used for sensing. Here the versatility of this platform is proved by studying ...
    • Giant sensitivity of optical fiber sensors by means of lossy moderesonance 

      Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2016)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      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 sensitivity lossy-mode resonance refractometer using low refractive index PFA planar waveguide 

      Domínguez Rodríguez, Ismel Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Ascorbe Muruzabal, Joaquín Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work a new strategy to improve the sensitivity of refractometers based on lossy-mode resonances has been proved. The proximity of the PFA (tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro polymer) substrate refractive index to that ...
    • Improving the width of lossy mode resonances (LMRs) in double-clad fibers 

      Imas González, José Javier Upna Orcid; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Zubiate Orzanco, Pablo Upna Orcid; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work, the characteristics of lossy mode resonances (LMRs) in double-clad fibers where the refractive index (RI) of the second cladding is lower than that of the first cladding are analyzed both numerically and ...
    • Improving the width of lossy mode resonances in a reflection configuration D-shaped fiber by nanocoating laser ablation 

      Fuentes Lorenzo, Omar Upna; Vaiano, Patrizio; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of lossy mode resonances (LMRs) in the optical spectrum depends on the homogeneity of the thin film deposited. In this Letter, a method for improving the FWHM is applied for an LMR ...
    • Increasing the sensitivity of an optic level sensor with a wavelength and phase sensitive single-mode multimode single-mode (SMS) fiber structure 

      Fuentes Lorenzo, Omar Upna; Del Villar, Ignacio Upna Orcid; Vento, José R.; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor Upna Orcid; Gallego Martínez, Elieser Ernesto; Corres Sanz, Jesús María Upna Orcid; Matías Maestro, Ignacio Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2017)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The sensitivity of a liquid level sensor based on a single-mode-multimode-single-mode fiber structure has been increased by hydrofluoric acid etching. The etching process was analyzed and monitored both theoretical and ...

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