Search Results - "2014 Third Mediterranean Photonics Conference"

Fiber coupled Er3+: Chalcogenide microsphere amplifier in mid-IR wavelength range by Palma, G., Castellano, T., Losito, O., Yano, T., Nazabal, V., Taguchi, J., Moréac, A., Ferrari, M., Prudenzano, F.

“…A mid-IR amplifier constituted of a tapered chalcogenide fiber coupled to an Er 3+ -doped chalcogenide microsphere has been optimized via a particle swarm…”
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Radiation tolerant humidity sensors based on nano-scale TiO2-coated LPGs for high-energy physics applications by Berruti, G., Consales, M., Borriello, A., Giordano, M., Buontempo, S., Breglio, G., Makovec, A., Petagna, P., Cusano, A.

“…This contribution deals with a feasibility analysis for the development of radiation tolerant fiber optic humidity sensors based on long period grating (LPG)…”
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Signal to Noise Ratio of silicon photomultipliers measured in the continuous wave regime by Adamo, G., Agró, D., Stivala, S., Parisi, A., Tomasino, A., Curcio, L., Pernice, R., Giaconia, C., Busacca, A. C., Fallica, G.

“…We performed a Signal to Noise Ratio characterization, in the continuous wave regime, at different bias voltages, frequencies and temperatures, on a novel…”
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Rateless codes mitigation technique in a turbulent indoor Free Space Optics link by Pernice, R., Ando, A., Musso, D., Lionti, F., Parisi, A., Mangione, S., Adamo, G., Curcio, L., Stivala, S., Busacca, A. C.

“…Free Space Optics (FSO) links are affected by several impairments and, among them, optical turbulence is the most important factor that can degrade the link…”
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Design of a new photonic/plasmonic microcavity allowing a strong light-matter interaction by Conteduca, D., Dell'Olio, F., Ciminelli, C., Krauss, T. F., Armenise, M. N.

“…We present a novel configuration of photonic/plasmonic microcavity with a 1D photonic crystal cavity (PhC) vertically coupled to a metal slot. A strong…”
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Intrusion detection system for the protection of railway assets by using Fiber Bragg Grating sensors: a Case Study by Catalano, A., Bruno, F. A., Pisco, M., Cutolo, A., Cusano, A.

“…In this work, we demonstrate the capability of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) sensors to protect large areas from unauthorized activities in railway scenarios…”
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Experimental countermeasures to reduce the backscattering noise in an InP hybrid optical gyroscope by Dell'Olio, F., Indiveri, F., Innone, F., Ciminelli, C., Armenise, M. N.

“…Miniaturization of the currently available medium- and high-performance angular velocity sensors is crucial for aerospace and defense industry. To face this…”
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Design of a fiber optics fringe projector for 3D reconstruction of dental elements by Casavola, C., Pappalettera, G., Pappalettere, C.

“…In this paper the design of a miniaturized fringe-projector is presented. The projector is intended to be inserted in a triangulation scheme in order to allow…”
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Twist effects in multi-mode fibers by Palmieri, Luca, Galtarossa, Andrea

“…The recent interest in spatial division multiplexing as a tool to increase optical fiber communication link capacity has recently revived the interest in…”
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Long period fiber grating biosensor for the detection of drug resistant bacteria: The "OPTObacteria" project by Consales, M., Quero, G., Zuppolini, S., Sansone, L., Borriello, A., Giordano, M., Venturelli, A., Costi, M. P., Santucci, M., Cusano, A.

“…We report on the development of a multilayer coated reflection-type long period fiber grating (LPG) biosensor, useful for the detection of antibiotic…”
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Responsivity measurements of silicon carbide Schottky photodiodes in the UV range by Adamo, G., Agrò, D., Stivala, S., Parisi, A., Curcio, L., Andò, A., Tomasino, A., Giaconia, C., Busacca, A. C., Mazzillo, M. C., Sanfilippo, D., Fallica, G.

“…We report on the design and the electro-optical characterization of new classes of 4H-SiC Schottky UV detectors, fabricated employing Ni 2 Si interdigitated…”
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Fiber Bragg Grating strain sensors for tracking particle detector by Iadicicco, Agostino, Della Pietra, Massimo, Campopiano, Stefania

“…This work is devoted to a feasibility analysis of the use of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensing technology for real-time deformation monitoring of a gaseous…”
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Fiber cavity ring-down for strain sensing using an OTDR by Silva, S., Passos, D. J., Marques, M. B., Frazao, O.

“…This work presents a fiber CRD configuration for the measurement of strain. An Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer was used to send impulses down into the fiber…”
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A new cavity ring-down topology for remote sensing by Passos, D. J., Silva, S. O., Marques, M. B., Frazao, O.

“…A new, fiber-based, cavity ring-down topology is presented which enables the application of the cavity ring-down technique to remote sensing, by the use of a…”
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Design of a compact high-performance InP ring resonator by D'Agostino, D., Carnicella, G., Ciminelli, C., Ambrosius, H. P. M. M., Smit, M. K.

“…This work reports on the design of a ring resonator with a high quality factor compatible with InP based generic foundry processes. The resonator consists of a…”
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Evaporation of fluids in suspended-core fibres by Moura, J. P., Baierl, H., Auguste, J.-L, Jamier, R., Roy, P., Santos, J. L., Frazao, O.

“…A segment of a suspended-core microstructured fibre was dipped in a droplet of acetone and the evaporation dynamics of remaining acetone inside the cavity were…”
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Fiber Bragg Grating sensors based monitoring system for superconducting accelerator magnets by Chiuchiolo, A., Bajko, M., Perez, J. C., Bajas, H., Consales, M., Giordano, M., Breglio, G., Cusano, A.

“…New generation of accelerator magnets for high energy applications currently designed, manufactured and tested at the European Organization for Nuclear…”
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Analysis of the Brillouin gain spectrum in a graded-index multimode fiber by Minardo, A., Bernini, R., Zeni, L.

“…We present a numerical method for computing the Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS) in a graded-index multimode fiber (GI-MMF). The BGS is shown to strongly depend…”
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Analysis of an endlessly single-mode penrose-tiling photonic quasicrystal fiber by Bahrampour, A., Iadicicco, A., Foomezhi, E., Momeni, Sh, Bhrampour, A. R.

“…We propose a 10-fold photonic quasicrystal(QC)pattern as the cladding of modified index guiding quasi crystal fiber. We have studied the single-mode operation…”
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Low-cost access to advanced Photonic IC design and manufacturing by D'Agostino, D., Ambrosius, H. P. M. M., Smit, M. K.

“…Generic photonic integration processes are causing a revolution in micro and nanophotonics by providing low-cost open access to advanced integration process…”
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