A simple fiber-optic current sensor using a long-period fiber grating inscribed on a polarization-maintaining fiber as a sensor demodulator

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 112, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 308-312

  Lee, Yong Wook ^a   Yoon, Ilyong ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Current sensor; Long period fiber grating; Optical fiber sensor; Polarization maintaining fiber

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; CLADDING (COATING); COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEMODULATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS;

CURRENT SENSORS; EXTINCTION RATIO; FARADAY ROTATION EFFECT; LONG-PERIOD FIBER GRATING; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 2342582166     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.01.041     Document Type: Article

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