Photoptics 2015: Revised Selected Papers

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fiber Microstructure Sensors Based on Focused Ion Beam Technology....Pages 3-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Focus on the Distal Assembly of a Nonlinear Endomicroscope: A Gradient Index Lens Coupled with a Piezoelectric Scanner for Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements....Pages 19-33
Improvement of Transverse Offset-Based Single-Mode-Multimode-Single-Mode-Fiber Structure for DPSK Signal Demodulation....Pages 35-51
Application of Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Chemometrics in Homeland Security....Pages 53-62
Fibre Bragg Grating Sensor Signal Post-processing Algorithm: Crack Growth Monitoring in Fibre Reinforced Plastic Structures....Pages 63-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Free-Space Millimeter-Wave Electro-optic Modulators Using Quasi-Phase-Matching Gap-Embedded-Patch-Antennas on Low Dielectric Constant Substrate....Pages 83-103
An Efficient Optimization Problem for Modal Reflectivity at Optical Waveguide End-Facet Based on the Formulation of Characteristic Green’s Function Technique....Pages 105-117
Effect of Exponentially Graded Material on Photonic and Omni-Directional Band Gaps in 1-D Photonic Crystals....Pages 119-144
Smith-Purcell Based Terahertz Frequency Multiplier: Three Dimensional Analysis....Pages 145-155
Stochastic Resonances and Gated Detection in Photon Number Resolving Detectors....Pages 157-172
Design Optimization of Silicon-on-Insulator Slot-Waveguides for Electro-optical Modulators and Biosensors....Pages 173-187
Back Matter....Pages 189-194