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Tapered Optical Fiber Optofluidics: Bridging In-Fiber and Outside-Fiber Architectures Toward Autonomous Lab-on-Fiber

Alba Lako¹, Marzhan Sypabekova¹

¹Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering, U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

|September 13, 2025

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Tapered optical fiber biosensors integrated with microfluidics offer advanced chemical and biological analysis. This review highlights optofluidic sensing platforms for future autonomous lab-on-a-fiber technologies.

Keywords:

biosensors lab-on-a-fiber microfluidics optofluidics tapered optical fibers

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Area of Science:

Optoelectronics
Biomedical Engineering
Analytical Chemistry

Background:

Optical fiber biosensors offer compact, sensitive, and electromagnetically immune analysis.
Tapered optical fibers enhance light-analyte interactions for superior sensing.
Microfluidics enables precise fluid control, ideal for integration with optical sensors.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advancements in optical fiber optofluidic sensing.
To compare in-fiber and outside-fiber optofluidic architectures.
To emphasize tapered optical fibers in optofluidic biosensor development.

Main Methods:

Review of current literature on optical fiber optofluidic sensing.
Analysis of tapered optical fiber design, fabrication, and microfluidic integration.
Comparison of in-fiber and outside-fiber platform advantages and limitations.

Main Results:

In-fiber platforms provide compactness and extended interaction.
Outside-fiber platforms offer enhanced stability, modularity, and functionalization.
Tapered fiber optofluidic biosensors show significant potential for advanced applications.

Conclusions:

Tapered optical fiber optofluidic biosensors are a promising platform for lab-on-a-fiber technology.
Future research should focus on self-contained, multiplexed, and reconfigurable sensing systems.
Optofluidic integration enhances the capabilities of optical fiber biosensors.