• DocumentCode
    1552899
  • Title

    Mach-Zehnder interferometer using single standard telecommunication optical fibre

  • Author

    Garcia, F.C. ; Fokine, M. ; Margulis, W. ; Kashyap, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Corning Res. Center, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    11/22/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1440
  • Lastpage
    1442
  • Abstract
    It is demonstrated that a single, short-length, standard telecommunications optical fibre can function as an interferometer when subjected to hydroxyl-flooding. The interferometer is based on the mode beating effect arising from the induced-refractive index change
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; refractive index; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; hydroxyl-flooding; induced-refractive index change; interferometer; mode beating effect; single short-length standard telecommunications optical fibre; single standard telecommunication optical fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20011000
  • Filename
    970380