Colloidal crystals self-assembled on the end face of fiber: Fabrication and characterizations

A colloidal crystal microstructure fiber: fabrication and characterization

“…Colloidal photonic crystals are threedimensional periodic structures formed from monodisperse colloids. Y. Lin and V. Kitaev fabricated the colloidal photonic crystals into hollow fiber to form "photonic crystal in hollow fiber" system, and we self-assembled colloidal photonic crystals onto the end face of fiber to form "fibercolloidal crystals-fiber" microstructure [10,11]. Fabricating colloidal photonic crystals inside the fiber can provide a spectral control when the spectral control is realized along the longitudinal direction of the fiber.…”

Assembly photonic crystal arrays on the facet of optical fibers and its applications

“…Three dimensional (3D) photonic crystals (PCs) based gas, liquid, ion sensors have been widely researched in recent years [1][2][3]. Most of the 3DPCs were fabricated on planar substrates, and additional optical components are needed to measure their reflection or transmission spectra precisely [4][5][6][7].…”

Fiber-optic sensor for butylamine

“…Insensitivity to electromagnetic and radiation interference, chemical and thermal stability, remote sensing, relatively low cost makes these types of sensors indispensable in some cases [1]. The coating of the thin-film nanostructures based on silica nanoparticles on the surface of optical fiber allows significantly extend the scope of fiber-optic sensors [2][3][4][5]. It is known that amines are usually toxic and in some cases are strong carcinogens.…”