Flexible one-dimensional photonic crystal films composed of chalcogenide glass and water-soluble polymer for curvature sensing

Xinyu Chen; Zhangcheng Li; Ruolan Zhao; Yu He; Yue He; Zhi Liang; Guangming Tao; Chong Hou

doi:10.3788/COL202422.021601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 2, 021601(2024)

Flexible one-dimensional photonic crystal films composed of chalcogenide glass and water-soluble polymer for curvature sensing

Xinyu Chen¹, Zhangcheng Li¹, Ruolan Zhao¹, Yu He¹, Yue He¹, Zhi Liang¹, Guangming Tao^2,3,4, and Chong Hou^1,2,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

³Key Laboratory of Vascular Aging, Ministry of Education, Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China

⁴State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

⁵Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen 518063, China

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