Recent technical advances in sensor technology have brought optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuits, and optoelectronic structures-based sensors into the mainstream. Using a wide variety of sensing elements, and interrogation techniques, these devices are finding applications in various fields including in industry, environmental monitoring, medicine, and chemical analysis. Recent studies on 2D materials have revealed that they exhibit unique properties that can help in enhancing the sensitivity of a sensor. Based on the current literature studies, it is possible to develop sensor-based 2D materials that are integrated into an optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures, which are less expensive and can compete with the conventional sensors to promote technological advancement and encourage innovations.
The 2D materials such as graphene, black phosphorus (BP), transition metal dichalcogenides TMD), topological insulator (TI), and MXene have been widely synthesized and studied due to their unique structures and astonishing electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties. Owing to their unique properties, 2D materials have been used in various sensing applications, especially as chemical, physical, and biomedical sensors. Since the current sensors devices are bulky in size and highly exposed to electromagnetic interferences and high voltages, the optical fiber-based sensor has come into the picture to tackle these problems. In particular, sensor based on optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures owns the merits of being immune to electromagnetic interferences and high voltages, insensitive to lightning strikes, compact in size and etc. Emerging research combining 2D materials and different photonics structures has shown a positive sign for the development of sensor devices. Therefore, this Research Topic aims to be one of the platforms that reflect the latest research results on the applications of 2D optical materials in optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures-based sensing applications.
In this Research Topic, we focus on the fabrication, characterization, and application of 2D optical materials in the optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures-based sensing applications. The covering areas include (but are not limited to):
• Fabrication of fiber optics sensor based on 2D materials
• Nonlinear optical characterization of 2D materials
• 2D materials application in sensing applications
• Frontier 2D materials synthesis and characterization
• 2D Materials (graphene, black phosphorus (BP), transition metal dichalcogenides TMD), topological insulator (TI), MXene, and etc.)
• Sensor based on optical fiber (chemical, physical, and biomedical sensor)
• Integration of optical fiber-based sensor (tapered fiber, side polished fiber, chip and etc.)
• Sensing operational approaches (photonic crystal fibers, Bragg gratings, long-period gratings, interferometric, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), etc.)
• Optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures-based sensor
Keywords:
Optical fiber, nonlinear optics, 2-dimensional materials, sensor, nanophotonics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Recent technical advances in sensor technology have brought optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuits, and optoelectronic structures-based sensors into the mainstream. Using a wide variety of sensing elements, and interrogation techniques, these devices are finding applications in various fields including in industry, environmental monitoring, medicine, and chemical analysis. Recent studies on 2D materials have revealed that they exhibit unique properties that can help in enhancing the sensitivity of a sensor. Based on the current literature studies, it is possible to develop sensor-based 2D materials that are integrated into an optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures, which are less expensive and can compete with the conventional sensors to promote technological advancement and encourage innovations.
The 2D materials such as graphene, black phosphorus (BP), transition metal dichalcogenides TMD), topological insulator (TI), and MXene have been widely synthesized and studied due to their unique structures and astonishing electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties. Owing to their unique properties, 2D materials have been used in various sensing applications, especially as chemical, physical, and biomedical sensors. Since the current sensors devices are bulky in size and highly exposed to electromagnetic interferences and high voltages, the optical fiber-based sensor has come into the picture to tackle these problems. In particular, sensor based on optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures owns the merits of being immune to electromagnetic interferences and high voltages, insensitive to lightning strikes, compact in size and etc. Emerging research combining 2D materials and different photonics structures has shown a positive sign for the development of sensor devices. Therefore, this Research Topic aims to be one of the platforms that reflect the latest research results on the applications of 2D optical materials in optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures-based sensing applications.
In this Research Topic, we focus on the fabrication, characterization, and application of 2D optical materials in the optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures-based sensing applications. The covering areas include (but are not limited to):
• Fabrication of fiber optics sensor based on 2D materials
• Nonlinear optical characterization of 2D materials
• 2D materials application in sensing applications
• Frontier 2D materials synthesis and characterization
• 2D Materials (graphene, black phosphorus (BP), transition metal dichalcogenides TMD), topological insulator (TI), MXene, and etc.)
• Sensor based on optical fiber (chemical, physical, and biomedical sensor)
• Integration of optical fiber-based sensor (tapered fiber, side polished fiber, chip and etc.)
• Sensing operational approaches (photonic crystal fibers, Bragg gratings, long-period gratings, interferometric, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), etc.)
• Optical fiber, waveguide, photonic integrated circuit, and optoelectronic structures-based sensor
Keywords:
Optical fiber, nonlinear optics, 2-dimensional materials, sensor, nanophotonics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.