Miniature photonic crystal optical fiber humidity sensor based on polyvinyl alcohol by Wong, Wei Chang, Chan, Chi Chiu, Li, Tao, Chen, Li Han, Boo, Jia Liang, Lee, Kok Xian, Leong, Kam Chew

“…A compact photonic crystal fiber (PCF) humidity sensor based on modal interference has been proposed by the use of commercial fusion splicer to collapse the holes of PCF to form a Michelson interferometer with cladding mode excitation at the fiber tip. …”
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Investigation of electric field driven crystallization of phase change materials by Yeow, Susan Su Yi

“…Hence, it would be useful to find out the influence of electric field on the enhanced crystallization behaviour and the mechanism for electric field driven crystallization. …”
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A homogenized model for free vibration analysis of finite phononic crystal rods using strain gradient theory by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Zhao, Ou, Du, Jianke

“…While extensive research has been conducted on elastic wave propagation in infinite phononic crystal (PC) rods, practical applications often involve PC rods of finite length. …”
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A functionally arranged phononic crystal rod enabling ultra-wideband vibration attenuation and orderly frequency distillation by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Yang, Jie, Zhang, Aibing, Du, Jianke

“…Following this, the transmission of longitudinal waves traveling through a finite functionally arranged rod is elucidated. Based on these calculations, careful parameter selection yields a compact configuration for a functionally arranged phononic crystal rod, boasting an exceptionally wide band gap spanning frequencies from 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz. …”
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Multiscale approach to nematic liquid crystals via statistical field theory by Lu, Bing-Sui

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Ultrasensitive fiber-optic temperature sensor based on cascaded Sagnac interferometers with a nematic liquid crystal film by Fan, Xiaoya, Chen, Hailiang, Zheng, Yu, Liu, Yundong, Chen, Qiang, Zhang, Yingyue, Ma, Mingjian, Du, Huijing, Li, Shuguang, Shum, Perry Ping

“…We demonstrated an ultrasensitive fiber-optic temperature sensor based on cascaded Sagnac interferometers (CSIs). …”
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Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based multifunctional optical system for trapping, position sensing, and detection of fluorescent particles by Shinoj, Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan, Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham

“…We demonstrate a novel multifunctional optical system that is capable of trapping, imaging, position sensing, and fluorescence detection of micrometer-sized fluorescent test particles using hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). This multifunctional optical system for trapping, position sensing, and fluorescent detection is designed such that a near-IR laser light is used to create an optical trap across a liquid-filled HC-PCF, and a 473 nm laser is employed as a source for fluorescence excitation. …”
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Experimental demonstration of a band-notched line-defect waveguide in a surface-wave photonic crystal by Xu, Hongyi, Zhang, Youming, Zhang, Baile, Gao, Zhen, Gao, Fei

“…We propose and experimentally demonstrate a band-notched line-defect waveguide in a surface-wave photonic crystal, which consists of a straight line-defect waveguide and side-coupled defect cavities. …”
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Simultaneous achievement of an ultrashort length and a high extinction ratio polarization splitter based on the dual-core photonic crystal fiber with Ge₂₀Sb₁₅Se₆₅ glass by Chu, Lihua, Liu, Min, Shum, Ping, Fu, Yongbo

“…A polarization splitter based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber with Ge₂₀Sb₁₅Se₆₅ glass is proposed to realize ultrashort length and high extinction ratio simultaneously at the common wavelength of 1.55 µm. …”
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Investigation on liquid crystal based tuning elements for tunable diode laser by Wang, Pin

“…Also, employing liquid crystals (LCs) as tuning elements for the tunable ECL permits low voltage tuning of the lasing wavelength. …”
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Alignment of rod-shaped single-photon emitters driven by line defects in liquid crystals by Pelliser, Laurent, Manceau, Mathieu, Lethiec, Clotilde, Coursault, Delphine, Vezzoli, Stefano, Leménager, Godefroy, Coolen, Laurent, DeVittorio, Massimo, Pisanello, Ferruccio, Carbone, Luigi, Maitre, Agnes, Bramati, Alberto, Lacaze, Emmanuelle

“…Arrays of liquid crystal defects—linear smectic dislocations—are used to trap semiconductor CdSe/CdS dot-in-rods which behave as single-photon emitters. …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Nano-engineering the evolution of skyrmion crystal in synthetic antiferromagnets by Ma, Mangyuan, Huang, Ke, Li, Yong, Li, Sihua, Feng, Qiyuan, Ang, Calvin Ching Ian, Jin, Tianli, Lu, Yalin, Lu, Qingyou, Lew, Wen Siang, Ma, Fusheng, Wang, Renshaw Xiao

“…Most significantly, non-volatile multiple states are realized at zero magnetic field via controlling the proportion of the annihilated skyrmions in the skyrmion crystal. …”
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Development of chemical photonic crystal fiber sensor by Mak, Foo Liang

“…Advancement of the Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) since 1995 has increased immense enthusiasm to the research and development industry and many researches has been conducted since then. …”
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Solution-processed lead halide perovskite single crystal scintillators by Xie, Aozhen

“…To begin with, we synthesized and characterized 3D perovskite MAPbX3 (X=Cl, Br or I) single crystals that have been well studied in solar cell and optoelectronic areas but relatively new in the scintillator field. …”
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Polarization-independent electrically tunable/switchable airy beam based on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal by Luo, D., Dai, Haitao, Sun, Xiaowei

“…Here we experimentally demonstrate polarization-independent, electrically tunable/switchable Airy beam based on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals with wide working temperature range and fast response time through a structure called vertical field driven mode.…”
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Modeling of electron transport in phrosphorous doped single crystal CVD diamond by Lum, Madeleine Wan Ting.

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The relations between Van Der Waals and covalent forces in layered crystals by Chaturvedi, Apoorva

“…From the perspective of materials science, a novel method for rapid synthesis of thin few layer LTMD crystals has been proposed and developed in-house to complement other existing methods. …”
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Photoalignment of liquid crystal in photonic crsytal fiber by using azo dye. by Peck, Yvonne.

“…Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs) have emerged to be a new class of optical waveguides, which have attracted considerable attention and interest in recent years. …”
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Particle free optical imaging of flow field by liquid crystal polarization by Huang, Yi, Shinoj, Vengalathunadakal K., Wong, TeckNeng, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke

“…This paper proposes and demonstrates a particle free method for flow field visualizations by analyzing liquid crystal polarizations. …”
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