Micro Resonators on Side-Polished Fiber - A Potential Fiber Optic Sensor Platform

Author

Chen, Antao ; Sun, Haishan ; Pyayt, Anna ; Young, A. Cody ; Jen, Alex K-Y. ; Takayesu, Jocelyn ; Dalton, Larry R.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Lab., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA

fYear

2005

fDate

Oct. 30 2005-Nov. 3 2005

Firstpage

735

Lastpage

738

Abstract

A novel fiber optical sensor structure based on micro-ring resonators coupled to a side-polished fiber is presented. A waveguide ring resonator is made directly over the core of a side-polished optical fiber. Since the resonator cavity itself is made of sensing material, the detection is intrinsic, which may lead to higher sensitivity and faster response than fiber Bragg grating based sensors. Various fiber-optic sensors with improved temporal and spatial resolution, as well as multifunctional sensor arrays are possible with this small size and light weight device structure

Keywords

Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; optical fibres; resonators; waveguides; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber optic sensor; microring resonators; multifunctional sensor arrays; optical fibers; spatial resolution; temporal resolution; waveguide ring resonator; Optical coupling; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Sensor arrays; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Irvine, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9056-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2005.1597804

Filename

1597804