Curvature sensor using a highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber with two asymmetric hole regions in a Sagnac interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2520-2523

  Frazão, Orlando ^a   Baptista, Josém ^a,b   Santos, José L ^a,c   Roy, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HOLEY FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRAIN;

CONSTANT CURVATURE; CURVATURE SENSOR; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SMALL-DIAMETER HOLES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 50849106728     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002520     Document Type: Article

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