Final Report Summary - PROSPER (Design of polymer optical fibre gratings for endoscopic biosensing purposes)
- Photowriting of Bragg gratings in step-index PMMA optical fibers using a continuous-wave HeCd laser emitting at 325 nm and the phase mask technique, on the one hand, and a frequency-doubled infrared femtosecond pulses laser on the other hand.
- Evidence that the ultimate refractometric sensitivity of plasmonic optical fiber gratings can reach 10-8 RIU (refractive index unit).
- Assessment of plasmonic optical fiber grating immunosensors into fresh biopsied lung tissues, opening the path towards the in vivo diagnosis of lung cancer.