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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
6208
World Ranking
4705
National Ranking
215

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to fiber optic sensing devices and systems.
  • 1954 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Wojtek J. Bock is affiliated with the Université du Québec en Outaouais in Canada. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Other notable subfields include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their research centers on photonic and optical technologies, specifically within the domains of photonic and optical devices and advanced fiber optic sensors. The main topics of work include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Wojtek J. Bock has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Sensors
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Lab on a Chip
  • Biosensors
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Recent papers include:

  • "Optical fiber aptasensor for label-free bacteria detection in small volumes," 2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Real-time isothermal DNA amplification monitoring in picoliter volumes using an optical fiber sensor," 2020, Lab on a Chip
  • "Long-Period Gratings and Microcavity In-Line Mach Zehnder Interferometers as Highly Sensitive Optical Fiber Platforms for Bacteria Sensing," 2020, Sensors
  • "Immunosensor Based on Long-Period Fiber Gratings for Detection of Viruses Causing Gastroenteritis," 2020, Sensors
  • "Combined Long-Period Fiber Grating and Microcavity In-Line Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Refractive Index Measurements with Limited Cross-Sensitivity," 2020, Sensors

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Tinko Eftimov
  • Monika Janik
  • Mateusz Śmietana
  • Alla V. Arapova
  • Marcin Koba

Recognition of Wojtek J. Bock's contributions includes honors such as being named an IEEE Fellow in 2003 for contributions to fiber optic sensing devices and systems, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1954.

Best Publications

  • Refractive Index Sensing With Mach–Zehnder Interferometer Based on Concatenating Two Single-Mode Fiber Tapers

    Zhaobing Tian;S.S.-H. Yam;J. Barnes;W. Bock

  • Long period grating based biosensor for the detection of Escherichia coli bacteria

    Saurabh Mani Tripathi;Wojtek J. Bock;Predrag Mikulic;Raja Chinnappan

  • Highly sensitive bend sensor with hybrid long-period and tilted fiber Bragg grating

    Li-Yang Shao;Li-Yang Shao;Albane Laronche;Mateusz Smietana;Predrag Mikulic

  • Detection of bacteria using bacteriophages as recognition elements immobilized on long-period fiber gratings.

    Mateusz Smietana;Wojtek J. Bock;Predrag Mikulic;Andy Ng

  • A Novel Fiber-Optic Tapered Long-Period Grating Sensor for Pressure Monitoring

    W.J. Bock;Jiahua Chen;P. Mikulic;T. Eftimov

  • Dispersion effects in elliptical-core highly birefringent fibers

    Waclaw Urbanczyk;Tadeusz Martynkien;Wojtek J. Bock

  • Influence of high hydrostatic pressure on beat length in highly birefringent single-mode bow tie fibers.

    Wojtek J. Bock;Andrzej W. Domański;Tomasz R. Woliński

  • Towards refractive index sensitivity of long-period gratings at level of tens of µm per refractive index unit: fiber cladding etching and nano-coating deposition.

    Mateusz Śmietana;Marcin Koba;Predrag Mikulic;Wojtek J. Bock

  • A photonic crystal fiber sensor for pressure measurements

    W.J. Bock;Jiahua Chen;T. Eftimov;W. Urbanczyk

  • Long period fiber grating based temperature-compensated high performance sensor for bio-chemical sensing applications

    Ruchi Garg;Saurabh Mani Tripathi;Krishna Thyagarajan;Wojtek J. Bock

  • Increasing sensitivity of arc-induced long-period gratings—pushing the fabrication technique toward its limits

    M Smietana;M Smietana;W J Bock;P Mikulic;J Chen

  • Long-period fiber grating sensor for detection of viruses

    Marta Janczuk-Richter;Magdalena Dominik;Ewa Roźniecka;Marcin Koba

  • Pressure sensing using periodically tapered long-period gratings written in photonic crystal fibres

    W J Bock;J Chen;P Mikulic;T Eftimov

  • Recognition of bacterial lipopolysaccharide using bacteriophage-adhesin-coated long-period gratings

    Ewa Brzozowska;Mateusz Śmietana;Marcin Koba;Sabina Górska

  • Measurement of pressure and temperature sensitivities of a Bragg grating imprinted in a highly birefringent side-hole fiber

    Ewa Chmielewska;Waclaw Urbańczyk;Wojtek J. Bock

  • Measurement of polarization mode dispersion and modal birefringence in highly birefringent fibers by means of electronically scanned shearing-type interferometry.

    Wojtek J. Bock;Waclaw Urbanczyk

  • Label-free sensitivity of long-period gratings enhanced by atomic layer deposited TiO 2 nano-overlays

    Mateusz Smietana;Marcin Koba;Ewa Brzozowska;Krzysztof Krogulski

  • Application of diamond-like carbon films in optical fibre sensors based on long-period gratings

    M. Smietana;J. Szmidt;M.L. Korwin-Pawlowski;W.J. Bock

  • Development of a polarimetric optical fiber sensor for electronic measurement of high pressure

    W.J. Bock;T.R. Wolinski;A. Barwicz

  • An Inline Core-Cladding Intermodal Interferometer Using a Photonic Crystal Fiber

    W.J. Bock;T.A. Eftimov;P. Mikulic;Jiahua Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhi Yuan Wang
Zhi Yuan Wang Carleton University
Andrea Cusano
Andrea Cusano University of Sannio
Antonello Cutolo
Antonello Cutolo University of Sannio
Stefania Campopiano
Stefania Campopiano Parthenope University of Naples
Xiaoyi Bao
Xiaoyi Bao University of Ottawa
Li-Yang Shao
Li-Yang Shao Southern University of Science and Technology
Jacques Albert
Jacques Albert Carleton University
Michele Giordano
Michele Giordano National Research Council (CNR)
Ken Haenen
Ken Haenen Hasselt University
Dongge Ma
Dongge Ma South China University of Technology

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