Photonic Sensors, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 262(2021)

Recent Progress in Fiber Optofluidic Lasing and Sensing

Xi YANG1, Chaoyang GONG1,2, Yiling LIU1, Yunjiang RAO1,3, Mateusz SMIETANA4, and Yuan GONG1、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications (Ministry of Education of China), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • 2School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
  • 3Research Center for Optical Fiber Sensing, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 310000, China
  • 4Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
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    Fiber optofluidic laser (FOFL) integrates optical fiber microcavity and microfluidic channel and provides many unique advantages for sensing applications. FOFLs not only inherit the advantages of lasers such as high sensitivity, high signal-to-noise ratio, and narrow linewidth, but also hold the unique features of optical fiber, including ease of integration, high repeatability, and low cost. With the development of new fiber structures and fabrication technologies, FOFLs become an important branch of optical fiber sensors, especially for application in biochemical detection. In this paper, the recent progress on FOFL is reviewed. We focuse mainly on the optical fiber resonators, gain medium, and the emerging sensing applications. The prospects for FOFL are also discussed. We believe that the FOFL sensor provides a promising technology for biomedical analysis and environmental monitoring.

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    Xi YANG, Chaoyang GONG, Yiling LIU, Yunjiang RAO, Mateusz SMIETANA, Yuan GONG. Recent Progress in Fiber Optofluidic Lasing and Sensing[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2021, 11(2): 262

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    Paper Information

    Category: Review

    Received: Feb. 18, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 9, 2021

    Published Online: May. 14, 2021

    The Author Email: GONG Yuan (ygong@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-021-0622-9

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