DocumentCode
610710
Title
Polarization based refractive index sensor in ridge waveguides
Author
Garg, Radhika ; Thyagarajan, K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
fYear
2012
fDate
9-12 Dec. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We propose a sensor scheme utilizing modes with orthogonal polarization states in ridge-waveguide geometry by employing a pair of LPGs. Simulations show very high sensitivity ~ 5200 nm/ARI over (1.33-1.34) RI range in S+C band.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; light polarisation; optical sensors; optical waveguides; refractive index measurement; ridge waveguides; LPG; long period gratings; orthogonal polarization states; polarization based refractive index sensor; ridge-waveguide geometry;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Chennai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-4718-1
Type
conf
Filename
6545727
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