Title :
Influence of cladding refractive index on a distributed optical fibre chemical sensor
Author :
Sinchenko, E. ; Gibbs, W.E.K. ; Mazzolini, A.P. ; Stoddart, P.R.
Author_Institution :
Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Refractive index dispersion in core and cladding materials affects the range and sensitivity of evanescent wave distributed optical fibre sensors. A convenient way of characterizing the broadband performance based on a supercontinuum light source is described.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; light sources; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre dispersion; refractive index; supercontinuum generation; broadband performance; cladding materials; cladding refractive index; core materials; distributed optical fibre chemical sensor; evanescent wave distributed optical fibre sensors; refractive index dispersion; supercontinuum light source; Fluorescence; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Refractive index; distributed optical fibre sensing; fluorescence; refractive index dispersion; transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929949
