Fiber in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometer fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining for refractive index measurement with high sensitivity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-374

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Yang, Minwei ^a   Wang, D N ^a   Liu, Shujing ^a   Lu, Peixiang ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; LASER CLADDING; LIGHT REFRACTION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

CLADDING INTERFACES; COMPACT FIBERS; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; FIBER CORES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-LINE; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 77949296519     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000370     Document Type: Article

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