Measurements of sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure and temperature in highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 481-489

  Martynkien, Tadeusz ^a   Szpulak, Marcin ^a   Statkiewicz, Gabriela ^a   Golojuch, Grzegorz ^a   Olszewski, Jacek ^a   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^a   Wojcik, Jan ^c   Mergo, Pawel ^c   Makara, Mariusz ^c   Nasilowski, Tomasz ^b   Berghmans, Francis ^b,d   Thienpont, Hugo ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Hydrostatic pressure; Optical fiber sensor; Photonic crystal fibers; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLADDING HOLES; CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; ELLIPTICAL CORE; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; POLARIMETRIC SENSITIVITY;

BIREFRINGENCE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIMETERS; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 36049028678     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-007-9084-6     Document Type: Article

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