Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensing Applications

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 18; no. 12; p. 4263
• Main Authors: Algorri, José Francisco, Zografopoulos, Dimitrios C, Tapetado, Alberto, Poudereux, David, Sánchez-Pena, José Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 04.12.2018; MDPI AG
• Subjects: liquid crystals; optical fiber sensors; optofluidics; photonic crystal fibers; plasmonic sensors; Review; photonic crystal fibers; liquid crystals; plasmonic sensors; optofluidics; optical fiber sensors

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are a special class of optical fibers with a periodic arrangement of microstructured holes located in the fiber's cladding. Light confinement is achieved by means of either index-guiding, or the photonic bandgap effect in a low-index core. Ever since PCFs were fir...