Directional bend sensor based on re-grown tilted fiber bragg grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2681-2687

  Shao, Li Yang ^a,b   Xiong, Lingyun ^a   Chen, Chengkun ^c   Laronche, Albane ^a   Albert, Jacques ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bend sensor; birefringence; cladding mode; optical fiber sensors; tilted fiber Bragg grating

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CLADDING; BEND SENSORS; BENT FIBER; CLADDING MODE RESONANCES; CLADDING MODES; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; MODE PROFILES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING;

BIREFRINGENCE; CLADDING (COATING); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONANCE; SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 77956280278     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2064158     Document Type: Article

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