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Aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) coated optical fiber LMR refractometers. An experimental demonstration
This work presents the experimental demonstration of lossy mode resonance generation by means of aluminum doped zinc oxide thin-films. The use of such material may allow to optimize the performance of LMR-based sensors, ... -
A comparative study between SMS interferometers and lossy mode resonace optical fiber devices for sensing applications
Optical fiber sensors are of great interest due to their intrinsic advantages over electronic sensors. In this work, the sensing characteristics of two different and novel optical fiber devices are compared, after ... -
Copper oxide coated D-shaped optical fibers for the development of LMR refractometers
Lossy mode resonance (LMR) based refractometers obtained by means of copper oxide thin-films fabricated onto side-polished (D-shaped) are presented in this work. The high refractive index of copper oxide combined with the ... -
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 ... -
Fabrication of long period gratings by periodically removing the coating of cladding-etched single mode optical fiber towards optical fiber sensor development
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 ... -
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 sensitivity lossy-mode resonance refractometer using low refractive index PFA planar waveguide
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 ... -
Lossy mode resonance sensors based on nanocoated multimode-coreless-multimode fibre
In this work it is proved the ability to obtain lossy mode resonances (LMRs) in the transmission spectrum with multimode-coreless-multimode fibre optic structure coated with tin oxide on the coreless segment. The devices ... -
Lossy mode resonance-based sensors in planar configuration: a review
Lossy mode resonance (LMR)-based sensors have attracted much interest during the last decade in the domain of optical fiber (OF). Here, it is shown that the progress made in the transfer of this technology to planar ... -
Materials for the fabrication of optical fiber refractometers based on lossy mode resonance
Lossy mode resonances (LMR) have been studied as an exceptional phenomenon for the development of optical fiber refractometers. These sensors rely on the interaction of the light propagating through the waveguide with a ... -
Multimode – coreless – multimode fiber-based sensors: theoretical and experimental study
This paper presents a complete study on the spectral behavior of a multimode-coreless-multimode fiber-optic structure, as well as its application as a refractometer and a liquid level sensor. The combination of two standard ... -
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 ... -
Sensitivity enhancement by diameter reduction in low cutoff wavelength single-mode multimode singlemode (SMS) fiber sensors
Two different low cutoff wavelength single-mode fibers were used in single-mode multimode single-mode (SMS) configuration with the aim of designing sensors operating at short wavelengths, where optical sources and spectrometers ... -
SnO2 based optical fiber refractometers
In this work, the fabrication and characterization of refractometers based on lossy mode resonances (LMR) is presented. Tin dioxide (SnO2) films deposited on optical fibers are used as the LMR supporting coatings. These ...