• 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