Fiber inline core-cladding-mode Mach-Zehnder interferometer fabricated by two-point CO2 laser irradiations

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 669-671

  Wei, Tao ^a   Lan, Xinwei ^a   Xiao, Hai ^a  

^a Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Fiber optic sensor; Mach Zehnder (MZ) interferometer

Indexed keywords

CLADDING MODES; CO2 LASER; CORE MODES; FRINGE VISIBILITIES; HIGH QUALITY; IN-LINE; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LIGHT COUPLINGS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; MACH-ZEHNDER; MACH-ZEHNDER (MZ) INTERFEROMETER; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TWO-POINT;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; IRRADIATION; LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS;

LASER CLADDING;

EID: 67049145276     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2016116     Document Type: Article

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