Title :
Kramers-Kronig anomalous dispersion on fused singlemode fibre optic couplers
Author :
Albin, S. ; Lavarias, A.C. ; Zheng, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
fDate :
10/9/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Anomalous dispersion of a medium surrounding a fused singlemode fibre optic coupler is analysed. The coupler output is shown to respond to Kramers-Kronig dispersion. This effect can be used to develop chemical sensors
Keywords :
Kramers-Kronig relations; chemical sensors; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; Kramers-Kronig anomalous dispersion; chemical sensors; coupler output; fused singlemode fibre optic couplers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971193
