@ARTICLE{Kosturek_Rafał_Refractive_2025,
 author={Kosturek, Rafał and Dudek, Michał and Zdanowicz, Mariusz and Jaroszewicz, Leszek R. and Osuch, Tomasz},
 volume={33},
 number={1},
 journal={Opto-Electronics Review},
 pages={e153811},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2025},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences (under the auspices of the Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication) and Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in cooperation with Military University of Technology},
 abstract={An intensity-based refractive index (RI) sensor using a laser micromachined side-hole optical fibre (S-H OF) is presented in this paper. To achieve this, a microcavity was cut into a side surface of the S-H OF, providing access to one of the air holes within its structure. The geometrically modified fibre was then connected at both ends to a single-mode fibre for structure investigation in a system containing a supercontinuum laser and an optical signal analyser. In the next step, an immersion liquid was applied to a microcavity for RI values ranging from 1.30 to 1.57 in increments of 0.02. Power loss measurements were conducted for each RI value. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that an RI sensor has been successfully developed, which holds potential applications in biochemistry.},
 type={Article},
 title={Refractive index sensor based on the micromachined side-hole optical fibre},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/134043/PDF/OPELRE_2025_33_1_R_Kosturek.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/opelre.2025.153811},
 keywords={fibre optic sensor, microcavity, refractive index, side-hole optical fibre, immersion liquid},
}