Temperature insensitive all-fiber compact polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber based interferometer and its applications in fiber sensors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1011-1015

  Dong, Bo ^a,b   Zhou, Da Peng ^c   Wei, Li ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interferometer; Polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber; Refractive index; Strain

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; ALL FIBER STRUCTURE; CLADDING MODES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-FIBER SENSOR; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; SMALL SIZE; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; POWDERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77749310370     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2038802     Document Type: Article

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