An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers

Ultra sensitive optical manipulation and detection techniques employing specialty fiber optics and tailor made coherent lasers have huge potential in research and development of new generation medical diagnosis systems. Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is one such specialty fiber that has emerged promin...

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Main Author: Shinoj Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan
Other Authors: Murukeshan Vadakke Matham
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-498962023-03-11T17:50:50Z An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers Shinoj Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan Murukeshan Vadakke Matham School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biophysics Ultra sensitive optical manipulation and detection techniques employing specialty fiber optics and tailor made coherent lasers have huge potential in research and development of new generation medical diagnosis systems. Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is one such specialty fiber that has emerged prominent in recent years and has found to be an efficient medium for sensing or other micro manipulation such as optical trapping or tweezing and promises a noninvasive, non-contact methodology with minimum damage to the living cells. A hollow-core PCF (HC-PCF) can achieve guidance in air by using the Bragg reflection from the periodic fiber cladding structure, and has the potential of being a medium for efficient biosensing application due to the increased light-matter interaction in the hollow-core. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (MAE) 2012-05-25T04:35:50Z 2012-05-25T04:35:50Z 2012 2012 Thesis Shinoj, V. K. (2012). An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/49896 10.32657/10356/49896 en 177 p. application/pdf
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Shinoj Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan
An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
description Ultra sensitive optical manipulation and detection techniques employing specialty fiber optics and tailor made coherent lasers have huge potential in research and development of new generation medical diagnosis systems. Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is one such specialty fiber that has emerged prominent in recent years and has found to be an efficient medium for sensing or other micro manipulation such as optical trapping or tweezing and promises a noninvasive, non-contact methodology with minimum damage to the living cells. A hollow-core PCF (HC-PCF) can achieve guidance in air by using the Bragg reflection from the periodic fiber cladding structure, and has the potential of being a medium for efficient biosensing application due to the increased light-matter interaction in the hollow-core.
author2 Murukeshan Vadakke Matham
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Shinoj Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan
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author Shinoj Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan
author_sort Shinoj Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan
title An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
title_short An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
title_full An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
title_fullStr An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
title_full_unstemmed An investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
title_sort investigation into the fundamentals of trapping and sensing in microstructured photonic crystal fibers
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