Twin core photonic crystal fiber for in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometric sensing applications

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15502-15507

  Kim, Bongkyun ^a   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Cui, Long ^a   Chung, Youngjoo ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

AIR-FILLING FRACTION; FRINGE SPACING; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING; ITS APPLICATIONS; MACH-ZEHNDER; STRAIN SENSITIVITY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 69949098233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015502     Document Type: Article

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