Temperature insensitive curvature measurement with a core-offset polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber based interferometer

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-235

  Dong, Bo ^a   Hao, Jianzhong ^a   Xu, Zhaowen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Curvature; Interferometer; Polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CURVATURE; CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; CURVATURE SENSOR; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79955523493     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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