Md Mehdi Hasan has successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Scalable fabrication of nanomaterial integrated polymer fibers as self-powered sensors” on December 13, 2023. This thesis is the first thesis on triboelectric and piezoelectric fibers at CFL. We wish him success in his future career and life.

Our article entitled “Enhancing polarization maintenance and spectral filtering in negative curvature hollow-core fibers” was published in the Photonics and Nanostructures – Fundamentals and Applications. In this work, we explored the polarization maintaining properties of negative curvature hollow core fibers.  

Our article entitled “Long-length 3D printed hollow-core polymer optical fiber for wideband light guidance” was published in the Optical Fiber Technology. In this work, we proposed a novel hollow-core optical fiber structure fabricated by utilizing a 3D printed preform. The fiber was tested in the visible, near-IR and mid*IR regions. Moreover, this is the first realization of…

Our article entitled “Zirconia nanoparticle coating for high-strength and alkali-resistant glass fibers” was published in the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. In this work, we utilized zirconia nanoparticles to coat E-glass fibers to improve the mechanical and chemical properties of glass fibers. This work was supported by TUBITAK program 1004, and performed in a collaboration with Şişecam.

Our artwork for “Hydrogel-integrated optical fiber sensors and their applications: A comprehensive review” was accepted as the back cover in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Arooj Fatima has joined to the CFL as a graduate student. We wish best of the luck to her.

Mahmudur Rahman has successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Fabrication and Characterization of Negative Curvature Hollow Core Polymer Optical Fibers for Near-infrared Light Guidance” on July 28, 2023. This thesis is the third completed work from CFL, and Mahmudur has become the third graduate of CFL . We wish him success in his future career and…

Md Kawsar Ahmed has successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Mechanical and chemical properties of nanoparticle coated E-glass fibers for composite applications” on July 12, 2023. This thesis is the second completed work from CFL, and Kawsar has become the second graduate of CFL. We wish him success in his future career and life.

A comprehensive review article titled “Hydrogel-integrated optical fiber sensors and their applications: A comprehensive review” was published in Materials Chemistry C. In this work, we reviewed the Hydrogel integrated optical fibers for sensing. the link for the publication is: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/tc/d3tc01206a

A perspective article titled “The role of semiconductors in the future of optical fibers” was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Physics. In this work, we discuss the past, present and future of semiconductor-core fibers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1141795/abstract