Hollow-core anti-resonant optical fibers for chemical and biomedical sensing

Ruijiao Miao; Xin Zhang; Jinping Zhang; Shuqin Li; Pu Wang; Xiu-Hong Wang

Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research (Dec 2024)

Hollow-core anti-resonant optical fibers for chemical and biomedical sensing

Ruijiao Miao,
Xin Zhang,
Jinping Zhang,
Shuqin Li,
Pu Wang,
Xiu-Hong Wang

Affiliations

Ruijiao Miao: Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Xin Zhang: Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Laboratory for Advanced Laser Technology and Applications, Institute of Laser Engineering, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Corresponding authors at: Beijing University of Technology, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China.
Jinping Zhang: Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Shuqin Li: Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Pu Wang: Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Laboratory for Advanced Laser Technology and Applications, Institute of Laser Engineering, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Xiu-Hong Wang: Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Institute of Laser Engineering, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Corresponding authors at: Beijing University of Technology, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 46
p. 100701

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Hollow-core anti-resonant optical fiber (HC-ARF) provides solutions for breaking the bottlenecks in areas of high-power transmission and high-efficiency optical waveguide. Other than transporting light wave, HC-ARFs can synergistically combine microfluidics and optics in a single fiber with unprecedented light path length not readily achievable by planar optofluidic configurations. The unique features of strict light confinement, wide transmission band and low transmission loss of HC-ARFs enable high sensing performance with low sample consumption, outcompeting conventional optical assays. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of HC-ARFs for label-free molecular sensing. We deliver information on the light propagation mechanism and state-of-the-art structures of HC-ARFs, as well as recent progress in chemical and biomedical sensing mainly covering gas, liquid, DNA and protein sensors along with exosome-based liquid biopsy and cancer cell detection. At the end, challenges and prospects of HC-ARF for sensing applications are discussed.

Published in Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research

ISSN: 2214-1804 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/sensing-and-bio-sensing-research/

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