Optical biosensors are a powerful method to detect biological analytes and typically measure the change of the refractive index caused by an analyte binding to the optical element [1]. Diffraction grating coupled based biosensors have many advantages including: easy integration, cost effective production and relatively high sensitivity [2]. The model of a novel grating coupled waveguide based b...

Z-scan technique is an effective tool for measuring the optical nonlinearity of the materials. By using this technique the measurement was made for total protein and albumin. The nonlinear refractive index of the total protein and albumin were found to vary linearly with concentration. Hence by calculating the nonlinear refractive index it is possible to measure their concentration in the sampl...

Polarization-resolved terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy was utilized to examine the complex refractive index of lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3), a rhombohedrally distorted perovskite that exhibits crystallographic twin domains. The uniaxial anisotropy of the refractive index was quantified. The ellipticity of THz radiation pulses after transmission through single domains indicated that LaAl...

A novel wavelength combiner using non-uniform refractive index distribution within a multimode interference device is proposed and simulated. The refractive index step creates separate localized modes with different effective refractive indices and two modes are strongly excited which form the basis of an interferometer. We applied the concept to 1.30/1.31 μm and 1.31/1.55 μm wavelength combine...

The Z-scan technique is a simple and effective tool for determining nonlinear optical properties of materials. This technique is utilized in measurement of urea and uric acid in blood. The nonlinear refractive index of urea and uric acid are found to vary linearly with concentration. Hence by calculating the nonlinear refractive index it is possible to measure their concentration in the sample....

Wide-viewing angle integral imaging by means of a negative refractive index planoconcave lens array is theoretically investigated. The optical properties of a negative refractive index lens are analyzed from the point of view of integral imaging. The effective focal length of a positive index planoconvex lens and a negative index planoconcave lens with the same surface spherical curvature R are...

Replica molding of ultra-high-Q toroidal microresonators can produce polymer microresonators with material-limited quality factors (Q). This was demonstrated previously using polymers which cure thermally. In this work, high Q polymer microresonators were fabricated using the replica molding technique from previously uncharacterized polymers which require either a thermal or UV cure. The qualit...

Two types of artificial dielectric are examined; the first consists of an array of conducting rods and the second of a set of parallel conducting plates having perforations in the form of circular holes. Both these media are designed to operate for an incident electromagnetic wave, which is polarized so that its electric field is parallel to the conducting elements. It is found that the effecti...