Highly sensitive bend sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interferometer using photonic crystal fiber

Optics Communications

Volumn 284, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2849-2853

  Deng, Ming ^a   Tang, Chang Ping ^a   Zhu, Tao ^a   Rao, Yun Jiang ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bend measurement; Fiber optic sensors; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

BEND MEASUREMENT; BEND SENSORS; FIBER BEND; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MACH-ZEHNDER; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; ZERO OFFSETS;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SENSORS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79955027244     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.02.061     Document Type: Article

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