We have fabricated and characterized microstructured biodegradable and biocompatible polymer optical fibers using commercially available poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PDLLA). We first report on the prepar…
We report on an extrinsic surface plasmon-enhanced refractometer based on cladding mode resonance excitation in a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) equipped with a straight fiber Bragg grating (FBG). Fi…
Coupled-cavity VCSELs typically support two fundamental longitudinal modes. Their wavelengths as a function of the difference of the optical lengths of the two cavities display avoided wavelength c…
Connections between standard single-mode fibers and waveguides in photonic integrated circuits tend to have relatively high coupling losses due to a difference in mode size and mode profile between…
We report on the first step-index biodegradable polymer optical fiber (bioPOF) fabricated using commercially available polyesters, with a core made from poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) and a clad…