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The application of optical fiber technology for sensing has undergone tremendous growth over the last years. Its use for imaging hard-to-reach locations and its property to conduct light to a remote convenient location make of it a suitable tool for in vivo sensing applications, such as endoscopy. Here, we present an optical fiber probe sensor for label-free biosensing based on SOI ring resonators. We describe the operating principle of the device, the technology used to integrate a Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip on a fiber facet and discuss some experimental results.
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Lerma Arce, C., De Vos, K., Claes, T., Komorowska, K., Bienstman, P. (2015). SOI Microring Resonator Sensor Integrated on a Fiber Facet. In: Cusano, A., Consales, M., Crescitelli, A., Ricciardi, A. (eds) Lab-on-Fiber Technology. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 56. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06998-2_3
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