Design and fabrication of a holey fiber microfluidic device with transverse micro-channel

Authors

  • Dora Juan Juan Hu Institute for Infocomm Research
  • Ying Cui
  • Jun Long Lim
  • Perry Ping Shum
  • Georges Humbert
  • Jean-Louis Auguste
  • Yixin Wang

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https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v6i2.501

Abstract

In this report, we present a design of holey fiber structure with six air holes in the cladding and a transverse microfluidic channel intersecting the silica core for liquid detection purpose. The simulation results suggest an improved refractive index sensitivity of the proposed structure compared to that of a single mode fiber with similar transverse channel. The proposed holey fiber structures are fabricated and characterized.

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2014-06-30

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D. J. J. Hu, “Design and fabrication of a holey fiber microfluidic device with transverse micro-channel”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 6, no. 2, pp. pp. 53–55, Jun. 2014.

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