Title :
Photonic crystal fiber with ring-core hollow-defect for evanescent wave chemical sensing
Author :
Park, Jiyoung ; Kobelke, Jens ; Oh, Kyungwhan
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A doped-ring hollow-defect structure is proposed in photonic crystal fiber to acheive a higher evanescent field. Vectorial modal analysis with finite element method and experimental results confirmed significantly enhanced sensitivity in the near IR region.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; fibre optic sensors; finite element analysis; holey fibres; infrared detectors; photonic crystals; doped-ring hollow-defect structure; evanescent wave chemical sensing; finite element method; near IR region sensitivity; photonic crystal fiber; ring-core hollow-defect structure; vectorial modal analysis; Chemicals; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1