Drawing Silicone Fiber Optics for Flexible Biosensors

Fiber Optics

Dramatic improvements in the development of low-loss materials for optical fibers are responsible for the commercial viability of fiber-optic communications. Corning Incorporated pioneered the development and manufacture of ultra-low-loss glass fibers. C 0 R N I N G 272 Fundamentals of Photonics

Fiber Optics

Fiber optic array biosensors.

Optical fiber arrays provide a powerful substrate for creating high-density sensing systems that can address a variety of biological problems. The fiber substrate can be used to create femtoliter wells that can be loaded with individual beads to create high-density arrays for multiplexed screening and analysis. In addition, living cells can be loaded into the arrays, and their individual respon...

Fiber-lasers for ultrafast optics

The current status of a fiber-based ultrafast technology is reviewed. Pulse generation techniques capable of producing femtosecond pulses are discussed. Here we describe passive and active–passive mode locking techniques as well as linear and nonlinear fiber amplifiers. Thirtyfemtosecond pulses may be generated directly from fiber oscillators or by implementing pulse compression techniques. The...

Polyethylene Fiber Drawing Optimization

Polymer fiber drawing creates fibers with enhanced thermal conductivity and strength compared to bulk polymer because drawing aligns the molecular chains. I optimize the polymer fiber drawing method in order to achieve polymer fibers that are drawn to lengths exceeding 1cm and develop a method to cut and store them for future experimental purposes. With lengths exceeding 1cm, starting with leng...