Title :
Effect of overlaid material on optical transmission of side-polished fiber made by wheel side polishing
Author :
Chen, Zhe ; Bai, Chunhe
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Disaster Forecast & Control in Eng., Jinan Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
The performance of optical power transmission through a side polished fiber manufactured by wheel polishing method were investigated, in which materials of different refractive indices were overlaid on the polished surface. The experiments showed that the transmitted optical power through the side-polished fiber varied with the refractive index of the overlaid material. The result of our experiments fitted well the theoretical calculation. Side-polished fiber manufactured by wheel polishing method can not only be used to control optical power transmission through the fiber core but also be used as a refractive index sensor.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical materials; polishing; refractive index; optical power; optical transmission; overlaid material; refractive index; side-polished fiber; wheel side polishing; Manufacturing; Optical control; Optical fiber sensors; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Power transmission; Refractive index; Wheels; optical fiber; optical power; optical transmission; refractive index; side polished fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, 2008. APOS '08. 1st Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2131-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2132-9
DOI :
10.1109/APOS.2008.5226303
