• DocumentCode
    3081204
  • Title

    Bending sensing properties of photonic crystal fiber coils

  • Author

    Fan, Chen-feng ; Chiang, Chih-lun ; Yu, Chin-Ping

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    2-6 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    351
  • Lastpage
    352
  • Abstract
    We have fabricated PCF coils by winding PCFs on plastic straws. In cooperation with a Sagnac fiber interferometer, the birefringence and bending sensing properties can be obtained. The measured bending sensing sensitivity is -3.732 nm/m-1.
  • Keywords
    Sagnac interferometers; bending; birefringence; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; photonic crystals; Sagnac fiber interferometer; bending sensing properties; optical fibe birefringence; photonic crystal fiber coils; plastic straw; Coils; Interference; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Sagnac interferometers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
  • Conference_Location
    Busan
  • ISSN
    2166-8884
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0976-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2166-8884
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2012.6276721
  • Filename
    6276721