Linearly decayed evanescent optical field in planar refractive index well

Electrodynamics of Evanescent Wave in Negative Refractive Index Superlens

Optical Fibre Refractive Index Reconstruction from Mode Near Field

ABSTRACT. A novel and accurate refractive index profile synthesis method for optical fibres is developed using knowledge of the fundamental or higher order mode near field. This fundamental method is based on inverse transmission line principles. From Maxwell’s equations, we derive a transmission line equivalent circuit for a circularly symmetric optical fibre with arbitrary refractive index. W...

Optical fiber refractive index profile synthesis from near field

Abstract – A new and accurate refractive index profile synthesis method for optical waveguides is demonstrated using the transmitted near electric field data. This method is based on an inverse transmission line technique. From Maxwell’s equations, we derive a transmission line equivalent circuit for the refractive index profile of a cylindrical dielectric waveguide. We demonstrate how to use t...

Evanescent field response to immunoassay layer thickness on planar waveguides.

The response of a compact photonic immunoassay biosensor based on a planar waveguide to variation in antigen (C-reactive protein) concentration as well as waveguide ridge height has been investigated. Near-field scanning optical microscope measurements indicate 1.7%nm and 3.3%nm top surface optical intensity modulation due to changes in effective adlayer thickness on waveguides with 16.5 and 10...

Microstructured optical fiber refractive index sensor.

We describe a dual-core microstructured optical fiber designed for refractive index sensing of fluids. We show that by using the exponential dependence of intercore coupling on analyte refractive index, both large range and high sensitivity can be achieved in the one device. We also show that selective filling of the microstructure with analyte can increase the device sensitivity by approximate...