A multipoint, side-firing design enables an optical fiber to output light at multiple desired
locations along the fiber body. This provides advantages over traditional end-to-end fibers …

Environmentally robust chemical sensors for monitoring industrial processes or
infrastructures are lately becoming important devices in industry. Low complexity and …

Polymeric Intraocular lenses (IOLs) are vital for restoring vision following cataract surgery
and for correcting refractive errors. Despite technological and medical advancements …

We demonstrate the use of ultrafast laser pulses to precisely ablate the side of polymer
multicore optical fibres (MCF) in such a way that light is efficiently coupled out of a set of …

Cervical cancer screening based on the Papanicolaou (Pap) test is a widely applied but not
always efficient practice for detecting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) mediated lesions …

High quality poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) thin nanocomposite films doped with
different concentration of silver (Ag) nanoparticles are demonstrated. SEM and TEM …

Photonic sensors receive an increasing global attention focusing on critical applications
such as the protection of the environment, the health and safety of the citizens. In this work …

A grid acting as a spatial reference and calibration aid, fabricated on glass cover slips by
laser micromachining and attached on the carrier microscope slide, is proposed as a visual …

The paper presents recent advances of photonics engineering towards the development of
customized structures and devices for a wide range of demanding and emerging …

The invention provides a spatial reference and calibration grid that can be formed in various
materials and platforms, and can then be attached as a cover slip medium on top of the …