We present improvements to fluorescence sensing in soft-glass microstructured optical fibers that result in significantly improved sensitivity relative to previously published results. Concentrations of CdSe quantum dots down to 10 pM levels have been demonstrated. We show that the primary limitation to the sensitivity of these systems is the intrinsic fluorescence of the glass itself.

Propagation time through standard (solid core) optical fibers changes with temperature at a rate of 40 ps/km/K. The thermo-optic effect in silica glass accounts for about 95% of this change and thus hollow core fibers, in which the majority of optical power propagates through an air rather than glass core, can have this sensitivity greatly reduced. To date we have demonstrated a sensitivity as ...

We discuss the propagation of nonlinear optical pulses in fibers. The wave equation is solved taking the radial dependence in an average way. The radius versus wavelength curves for "no dispersion" in SiO(2) glass are calculated and plotted. These no-dispersion curves separate the regions of light and dark solitons supported by the fibers.

Abstract The purpose of this research is to understand the transient fiber orientation and the associated rheology of long glass fiber (> 1mm) reinforced polypropylene, in a well-defined simple shear flow, to extend the results and knowledge gained from these fundamental experiments to the use of simulating (more complex) molding processes. Specifically, we are interested in associating the rhe...

Dramatic improvements in the development of low-loss materials for optical fibers are responsible for the commercial viability of fiber-optic communications. Corning Incorporated pioneered the development and manufacture of ultra-low-loss glass fibers. C 0 R N I N G 272 Fundamentals of Photonics

To identify glial receptor systems in CNS migration, cerebellar granule neuron migration was assayed on glass fibers coated with polylysine, astroglial membranes (AM fibers), or the extracellular matrix proteins collagen (COLL fibers), fibronectin (FN fibers), and laminin (LAM fibers). By video microscopy, granule cells migrated along AM fibers with the cytology, neuron-fiber apposition, and dy...

A series of stress corrosion experiments were performed on 12 pultruded glass fiber composite materials (two fibers in six different matrices) commonly used in high voltage composite insulators. In this study two types of glass fibers were investigated, namely Eglass and ECR-glass. The tests were performed in nitric acid solutions (pH 1.2) using constant K I specimens that were specifically des...

statement of problem: in order to increase the performance of glass ionomer cement, it is reinforced with metal powders, short fibers, bioceramics and other materials. fluoroapatite (ca10 (po4 )6 f2 ) is found in dental enamel and is usually used in dental materials due to its good chemical and physical properties. objectives: in this study, the effects of the addition of synthesized fluoroapat...

OBJECTIVE Color match between fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) restorations and teeth is an imperative factor in esthetic dentistry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of veneering composites and fibers on the color change of FRC restorations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Glass and polyethylene fibers were used to reinforce a direct microhybrid composite (Z250, 3M ESPE) and a mic...

An investigation was performed to determine whether corrosion resistant boron-free E-glass fibers could adequately prevent acid induced brittle fracture failures of high voltage composite insulator rods. Nine different rod compositions were tested at 45% of mechanical failure load in contact with 1 N nitric acid. Rods made out of commonly used E-glass fibers failed mechanically in less than 2 h...