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Chapter and Conference Paper
Whispering Gallery Modes Microresonators for Sensing and Biosensing Applications
Whispering Gallery Modes (WGMs) microresonators continue to receive an even greater interest for investigation in many fundamental processes (e.g.: quantum electrodynamics or non–linear optics) and in more app...
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Article
Whispering gallery mode profiles in a coated microsphere
The properties of whispering gallery modes (WGM) of a microsphere can be tailored by coating the resonator with a thin film. If the coating has a higher refractive index than the microsphere core, the resultin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optical Microbubble Resonator: A Novel Structure for Sensing Applications
Recently a new class of optical resonant microcavities, the so called microbubble resonators (MBRs) for their particular shape, have been demonstrated. Their feature of combining the unique properties of whisp...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Aptamer Based Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensor
Whispering gallery mode resonators (WGMR), in the form of optical silica microspheres, have been recently proposed as an efficient tool for the realisation of optical biosensors. A crucial step for producing r...
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Article
Whispering gallery mode microresonators: Fundamentals and applications
Confinement of light into small volumes has become an essential requirement for photonic devices; examples of this trend are provided by optical fibers, integrated optical circuits, semiconductor lasers, and p...
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Reproducibility of splicer-based long-period fiber gratings for gain equalization
We fabricated long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) using electric arc discharges. We observed that the fiber becomes slightly tapered due to longitudinal tension during the arc: this effect depends on the arc cu...
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Er3+-activated silica inverse opals synthesized by the solgel method
We present the details of the sol-gel processing used to realize inverse silica opal, where the silica was activated with 0.3 mol% of Er3+ ions. The template (direct opal) was obtained assembling polystyrene sphe...
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Diagnostic techniques for photonic materials based on Raman and Brillouin spectroscopies
The elastic and vibrational properties of a material, bulk or planar waveguide, are studied by Brillouin and Raman spectroscopy to follow the process of nanocrystals growth in glass-ceramics. The nanoparticles...