Title :
Investigation of a cladding-etched thin-core fiber modal interferometer and its application for refractive index sensing
Author :
Guofeng Yan ; Zhang, A. Ping ; Guiying Ma ; Sailing He
Author_Institution :
Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab. for Sensing Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
A cladding-etched thin-core fiber modal interferometer is proposed and theoretically investigated. Numerical simulations of the light propagation performance are carried out. The results render this structure as an unltrasensitive refractive index sensor.
Keywords :
etching; fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; light propagation; optical fibre cladding; refractive index measurement; cladding etched thin core fiber modal interferometer; light propagation performance; ultrasensitive refractive index sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
