Fiber in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometer embedded in FBG for simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurement

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1686-1688

  Liao, C R ^a   Wang, Ying ^a,b   Wang, D N ^a   Yang, M W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser micromachining; fiber sensors; interferometer

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; FIBER SENSORS; HIGH RI; IN-FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; IN-LINE; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 78149254837     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2079924     Document Type: Article

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