Title :
Enhanced sensitivity to index changes of the surrounding medium for high order modes of etched-core Fiber Bragg Grating sensors
Author :
Chryssis, A.N. ; Saini, S.S. ; Lee, S.M. ; Dagenais, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
Abstract :
The sensitivity of the third order mode to an index change is increased by a factor 6 as compared to the fundamental mode for a fiber etched to a core diameter of 5 mum.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; etched-core fiber Bragg grating sensors; size 5 mum; surrounding medium index changes; Biosensors; Educational institutions; Etching; Fiber gratings; Optical coupling; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Temperature sensors; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628036
