Sensors

Journal Browser

► Journal Browser

Optical Microcavity/Microresonators Sensing Technology

Share This Special Issue

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Baicheng Yao

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
Interests: Intelligent communication networks and information processing; optical fiber sensing and communication; intelligent sensing and information systems

Dr. Shuijing Tang

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Institute of physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Interests: optical biosensing

Prof. Dr. Xiaoqin Shen

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
Interests: ultrahigh quality-factor (Q) microcavities for photonics, nonlinear optics and optoelectronics; exploring nano/micro luminescent materials for biomedical applications;organic luminescent and nonlinear optical materials

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Optical microcavities with high time-frequency coherence and energy confinement demonstrate unique high resolvability for optical sensing. Moreover, in combination with new materials and functionalizations, they also show a wide potential for selective detection. Recently, the development of microcavity/microresonator-based sensing technology has spurred advances ranging from physical measurement, biological and chemical tracing, and environmental monitoring. This Issue is addressed to all types of microcavity/microresonator-based optical sensors and systems, from fundamental science to applications.

Prof. Dr. Baicheng Yao
Dr. Shuijing Tang
Prof. Dr. Xiaoqin Shen
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sensors is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue

Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.

Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.

Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.

External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.

e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.

Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.

Published Papers (2 papers)

Download All Papers

Order results

Result details

Show export options Show export options

Select all

Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

15 pages, 1383 KiB

Open AccessArticle

Distributed Bragg Reflectors Employed in Sensors and Filters Based on Cavity-Mode Spectral-Domain Resonances

by Michal Gryga, Dalibor Ciprian and Petr Hlubina

Sensors 2022, 22(10), 3627; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22103627 - 10 May 2022

Cited by 7 | Viewed by 3051

Abstract

Spectral-domain resonances for cavities formed by two distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) were analyzed theoretically and experimentally. We model the reflectance and transmittance spectra of the cavity at the normal incidence of light when DBRs are represented by a one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPhC) comprising [...] Read more.

_{2}

/SiO

_{2}

with a termination layer of TiO

_{2}

. Using a new approach based on the reference reflectance, we model the reflectance ratio as a function of both the cavity thickness and its refractive index (RI) and show that narrow dips within the 1DPhC band gap can easily be resolved. We revealed that the sensitivity and figure of merit (FOM) are as high as 610 nm/RIU and 938 RIU

^{- 1}

, respectively. The transmittance spectra include narrow peaks within the 1DPhC band gap and their amplitude and spacing depend on the cavity’s thickness. We experimentally demonstrated the sensitivity to variations of relative humidity (RH) of moist air and FOM as high as 0.156 nm/%RH and 0.047 %RH

^{- 1}

, respectively. In addition, we show that, due to the transmittance spectra, the DBRs with air cavity can be employed as spectral filters, and this is demonstrated for two LED sources for which their spectra are filtered at wavelengths 680 nm and 780 nm, respectively, to widths as narrow as 2.3 nm. The DBR-based resonators, thus, represent an effective alternative to both sensors and optical filters, with advantages including the normal incidence of light and narrow-spectral-width resonances. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Microcavity/Microresonators Sensing Technology)

► Show Figures

Figure 1

15 pages, 5202 KiB

Open AccessArticle

Cascade Brillouin Lasing in a Tellurite-Glass Microsphere Resonator with Whispering Gallery Modes

by Elena A. Anashkina, Maria P. Marisova, Vitaly V. Dorofeev and Alexey V. Andrianov

Sensors 2022, 22(8), 2866; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22082866 - 8 Apr 2022

Cited by 11 | Viewed by 2407

Abstract

Brillouin microlasers based on microresonators with whispering gallery modes (WGMs) are in high demand for different applications including sensing and biosensing. We fabricated a microsphere resonator with WGMs from a synthesized high-quality tellurite glass with record high Q-factors for tellurite microresonators (Q ≥ 2.5 × 10⁷), a high Brillouin gain coefficient (compared to standard materials, e.g., silica glasses), and a Brillouin frequency shift of 9 ± 0.5 GHz. The high density of excited resonance modes and high loaded Q-factors allowed us to achieve experimentally cascade Stokes-Brillouin lasing up to the 4th order inclusive. The experimental results are supported by the results of the theoretical analysis. We also theoretically obtained the dependences of the output Brillouin powers on the pump power and found the pump-power thresholds for the first five Brillouin orders at different values of pump frequency detuning and Q-factors, and showed a significant effect of these parameters on the processes under consideration. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Microcavity/Microresonators Sensing Technology)

► Show Figures

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Optical Microcavity/Microresonators Sensing Technology

Share This Special Issue

Special Issue Editors

Special Issue Information

Keywords

Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue

Published Papers (2 papers)

Research

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI