Title :
Refractometric mode splitting in metal coated optical fibers
Author :
Caucheteur, C. ; Chen, C. ; Voisin, V. ; Berini, P. ; Albert, J.
Author_Institution :
Electromagn. & Telecommun. Dept., Univ. of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
While cladding modes with similar effective indices normally have similar refractometric sensitivities, we demonstrate that a gold coating increases tenfold the sensitivity of some EH modes and nearly suppresses the sensitivity of neighbouring HE modes.
Keywords :
gold; optical fibre cladding; refractive index measurement; EH cladding modes; HE cladding modes; gold coating; metal coated optical fibers; refractometric mode splitting; refractometric sensitivity; Gold; Helium; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optimized production technology; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110750
