In-line abrupt taper optical fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometric strain sensor

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-163

  Tian, Zhaobing ^a,b   Yam, Scott S H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abrupt taper; Beam propagation method (BPM); Mach Zehnder interferometer; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SENSORS;

ABRUPT TAPER; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); EXTINCTION RATIOS; FABRICATION COSTS; IN LINES; LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; SINGLE-MODE FIBERS; STRAIN SENSOR; WAVELENGTH SHIFTS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 59649104459     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2009360     Document Type: Article

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