Polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber based inter-modal interferometer and its applications (Invited paper)

Author

Dong, Bo ; Hao, Jianzhong

Author_Institution

RF & Opt. Dept., Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2011

fDate

21-23 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We report our recent research on the polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PMPCF) based inter-modal interferometer and its applications. The interferometer is constructed by a single mode fiber (SMF)-PMPCF-SMF structure, with a slight core-offset at one splice joint. The fabrication process only involves splicing and cleaving. It has the advantages of compact structure, low cost, easy fabrication, and temperature insensitiveness. It can be used as all fiber filters and sensors.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; light interferometers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical filters; photonic crystals; splicing; cleaving; compact structure; fabrication; fiber filters; fiber sensors; intermodal interferometer; low cost; polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber; single mode fiber; splicing; temperature insensitiveness; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Sagnac interferometers; Strain; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Photonics and Optical Communications (IPOC), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jurong West

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0713-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0711-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPOC.2011.6122851

Filename

6122851