Directional bend sensing with a CO2-Laser-Inscribed long period grating in a photonic crystal fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4884-4891

  Jin, Long ^a   Jin, Wei ^a   Ju, Jian ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Directional bend sensing; Long period grating (LPG); Optical fiber sensor; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF)

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; ASYMMETRIC CLADDING; BEND SENSING; BEND SENSORS; DIRECTIONAL BEND SENSING; EASY FABRICATION; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; INDEX MODULATION; LINEAR RESPONSE; LONG PERIOD GRATING (LPG); LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; PERIODIC GROOVES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF); STRUCTURAL SHAPE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SENSORS; SILICA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 70349413135     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026723     Document Type: Article

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