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Fabrication and Applications of Photonic Micro-Devices
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Fabrication and Applications of Photonic Micro-Devices

A special issue of Optics (ISSN 2673-3269). This special issue belongs to the section "Photonics and Optical Communications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 11482

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Maurizio Manzo

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA
Interests: optical sensors; plasmonics; biomedical micro-devices; non-linear optics; experimental fluid mechanics and instrumentation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

photonics micro-devices are been exploited for different applications such as fluid mechanics, biomedical, health care, material science, and applied physics for citing some. Microscale crystal and polymeric resonators, plasmonic, and semiconductors are all used to develop new devices for a large range of applications.  

This special issue “Fabrication and Applications of Photonic Micro-Devices” is focused on bringing together researchers and people from industry to share their findings on unique and novel fabrication processes, design and implementations of photonics micro-devices and their experimental systems. In addition, review articles on the current state-of-the-art are also accepted. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • optical micro-resonators
  • free space and fiber-based light coupling devices
  • plasmonic devices
  • measurement techniques and experimental systems for photonics micro-devices
  • algorithms and data processing involving photonics micro-devices

Dr. Maurizio Manzo
Guest Editor

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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. Optics is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly 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 1200 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.

Keywords

  • optical micro-resonators
  • free space and fiber-based light coupling devices
  • plasmonic devices
  • measurement techniques and experimental systems for photonics micro-devices
  • algorithms and data processing involving photonics micro-devices

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Design of Refractive/Diffractive Hybrid Projection Lens for DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
by Zhuohui Xu, Jinyun Zhou, Bo Wang and Ziming Meng
Optics 2021, 2(2), 103-112; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/opt2020011 - 08 Jun 2021
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The projection lens is the core component of DMD-based maskless lithography and its imaging quality directly affects the transferal of exposure pattern. Based on the traditional projection lens system, we have designed diffractive optical element (DOE) and aspheric surfaces to optimize the refractive/diffractive [...] Read more.
The projection lens is the core component of DMD-based maskless lithography and its imaging quality directly affects the transferal of exposure pattern. Based on the traditional projection lens system, we have designed diffractive optical element (DOE) and aspheric surfaces to optimize the refractive/diffractive hybrid projection lens system to improve its imaging quality. We found that the best effect is obtained when DOE is very close to the front lens group before the diaphragm of the hybrid system. Compared with the traditional projection lens system, this hybrid projection lens system has lower wave aberration with the help of DOE, and higher image quality owing to the modulation transfer function (MTF) value being improved. Finally, a hybrid projection lens system with working distance of 29.07 mm, image Space NA of 0.45, and total length of 196.97 mm is designed. We found that the maximum distortion and field curvature are 1.36 × 10−5% and 0.91 μm, respectively. Full article
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Research of Scattering Properties in Solid-Core Polarization-Maintaining Photonic Crystal Fibers
by Xueyan Hu, Shengheng Zheng, Xingyuan Song, Xiaoxia Huang, Huaiwen Guo, Bowang Zhao and Wei Zhou
Optics 2021, 2(2), 63-69; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/opt2020007 - 26 Mar 2021
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The scattering from air–glass interfaces within solid-core polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM–PCF) will increase the fiber attenuation coefficient, which may lead to high transmission loss. Therefore, it is necessary to describe scattering properties to guide research into reducing fiber loss. In this paper, [...] Read more.
The scattering from air–glass interfaces within solid-core polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM–PCF) will increase the fiber attenuation coefficient, which may lead to high transmission loss. Therefore, it is necessary to describe scattering properties to guide research into reducing fiber loss. In this paper, the loss resulting from roughness scattering at multi-hole interfaces within PM–PCF was theoretically and experimentally analyzed. A PM–PCF scattering model was established to explore the scattering distribution. On the other hand, a fully automatic testing device was built to enable the measurement of a three-dimensional scattering sphere. Simulations were in good agreement with experimental measurements. Moreover, this new proposed measurement method could apply to other PCFs and it will be a useful tool for further scattering research. Full article
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A First Step towards Determining the Ionic Content in Water with an Integrated Optofluidic Chip Based on Near-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
by Gerwin W. Steen, Adam D. Wexler, Elmar C. Fuchs and Herman L. Offerhaus
Optics 2020, 1(2), 175-190; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/opt1020014 - 11 Jul 2020
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In this work, we present a feasibility study of integrated optofluidic chips to measure the ionic content in water using differential absorption spectroscopy. The second overtone of the OH-stretch vibration of water is used as indicator for both the type and concentration of [...] Read more.
In this work, we present a feasibility study of integrated optofluidic chips to measure the ionic content in water using differential absorption spectroscopy. The second overtone of the OH-stretch vibration of water is used as indicator for both the type and concentration of the dissolved ions. The optofluidic chips are based on silicon nitride (TripleX) containing Mach–Zehnder interferometers (MZI) with two 5 cm sensing paths for the sample and reference arms, respectively. Simulations show that, theoretically, the determination of both the type and concentration of a mixture of four electrolytes is possible with the techniques presented. However, the performance of the chips deviated from the expected results due to the insufficient reproducibility and precision in the fabrication process. Therefore, at this early stage, the chips presented here could only determine the ion concentration, but not differentiate between the different ion types. Still, this work represents the first steps towards the realization of an online and real-time sensor of ionic content in water. Full article
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Solid State Optical Microlasers Fabrication via Microfluidic Channels
by Maurizio Manzo and Omar Cavazos
Optics 2020, 1(1), 88-96; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/opt1010007 - 01 Mar 2020
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In this paper, we propose the use of a microfluidic channel with flow focusing technique to fabricate solid state polymeric microlasers to precisely control sizes for mass production. Microlasers are made from a solution of UV curable polymer, namely polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) [...] Read more.
In this paper, we propose the use of a microfluidic channel with flow focusing technique to fabricate solid state polymeric microlasers to precisely control sizes for mass production. Microlasers are made from a solution of UV curable polymer, namely polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) with a molecular weight of 700 and rhodamine 6G laser dye at two different volumetric ratios (polymer to dye) of 4:1 and 2:1, respectively, which are used as the dispersed phase. A reservoir filled with liquid polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was used to cure the microlasers via UV lamp. A microchannel made of (PDMS) and size of 200 µm was used in this paper; mineral oil was selected as the continuous phase. Two experiments are conducted by fixing the pressure flow for the dispersed phase to 188 mbar and 479.9 mbar, respectively. In both experiments, the pressure of the continuous phase (mineral oil) was varied between 1666.9 mbar and 1996.9 mbar. The measurement of the fabricated microlasers’ size was performed with the aid of the MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox by using photographs taken with a CMOS camera. The tunability of the highest size, ranging from 109 µm to 72 µm, was found for the PEGDA to dye ratio of 2:1 (188 mbar) and average standard deviation of 1.49 µm, while no tunability was found for the 4:1 ratio (188 mbar). The tunability of the microlaser’s size, ranging from 139 µm to 130 µm and an average standard deviation value of 1.47 µm, was found for the 4:1 ratio (479.9 mbar). The fabricated microlasers presented a quality factor Q of the order 104, which is suitable for sensing applications. This technique can be used to control the size of the fabrication of a high number of solid state microlaser based UV polymers mixed with laser dyes. Full article
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