Title :
Fiber-optic twist sensor based on a tapered fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author :
Chai-Ming Li ; Chen-Wei Chan ; Jing-Shyang Horng ; Jui-Ming Hsu ; Cheng-Ling Lee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
All-fiber in-line twist sensor based on an ultrasensitive fiber-Mach-Zehnder-interferometer with cascaded two fiber tapers is proposed. Experimental results show wavelength shifts and spectral loss of the measured interference fringes are correlated with the twist angles.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; light interference; all-fiber in-line twist sensor; fiber tapers; fiber-optic twist sensor; interference fringes; spectral loss; tapered fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer; twist angles; ultrasensitive fiber-Mach-Zehnder-interferometer; wavelength shifts; Interference; Loss measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600434
