Compact in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer using a twin-core fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7630, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Feng, Suchun ^a   Li, Honglei ^a   Xu, Ou ^a   Lu, Shaohua ^a   Jian, Shuisheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mach zehnder interferometer; Strain; Temperature; Twin core fiber

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; BLUE SHIFT; COMB-FILTER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-FIBER; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INDUCED WAVELENGTH; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; MULTI WAVELENGTH FIBER LASER; OPTIC SENSOR; RED SHIFT; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; TWIN-CORE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

FIBER LASERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 77957852065     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.850109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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