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Micronano integration of nanoscale objects for parallel biosensorics

Nanoscale sensors have the potential for ultrasensitive and highly parallel bioanalytical applications. Bottom up methods like gas-phase self assembly allow for the controlled and cost-efficient preparation...

Plasmonic nanoparticles for optical biosensing

Metal nanoparticles exhibit a large potential for the development of innovative and cost-effective sensing devices. They fulfill key requirements for biosensors such as the potential for miniaturization...

Thin-disk laser-pumping of ytterbium-doped fiber laser

We report on an ytterbium-doped fiber laser (FL) remotely pumped by a commercial Yb:YAG thin-disk laser with a beam parameter product of 4 mm mrad and an emission wavelength of 1030 nm. The pump light...

Optical Fiber Sensor Research and Industry in Germany (Invited Review Paper)

Research, technology development and commercialization of optical fiber sensors as well as their continuously growing technical application have become a story of success worldwide and in Germany as well....

UV-laser-inscribed fiber Bragg gratings in photonic crystal fibers and sensing applications

We report about fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) inscribed in two different types of small-core Ge-doped photonic crystal fibers with a UV laser. Sensing applications of the FBGs were systematically investigated...

Biosensor application of resonance coupling to thin film planar waveguides on side-polished optical fiber

Optical resonance coupling between a side-polished fiber and thin film waveguides has been investigated in the presence of biochemical adsorbates. The shift of the resonance wavelengths was found to be...

Advanced spectral fiber-optic sensor systems and their application in energy facility monitoring

Various spectral-encoded fiber optic sensor concepts and advanced system solutions for application in energy facility monitoring have been investigated. The technological maturity, high performance and...

Optical Fiber Sensor Research and Industry in Germany – Review and Outlook

Since more than 30 years, the increased research, technology development and commercialization of optical fiber sensors combined with their continuously growing technical applications have become a story...

Characterization and bioanalytical application of innovative plasmonic nanostructures

Bioanalytical application of surface- and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Due to its fingerprint specificity and trace-level sensitivity, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an attractive tool in bioanalytics. This review reflects the research in this highly interesting...