Control over the pressure sensitivity of Bragg grating-based sensors in highly birefringent microstructured optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-529

  Sulejmani, Sanne ^a   Sonnenfeld, Camille ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Mergo, Pawel ^b   Makara, Mariusz ^b   Poturaj, Krzysztof ^b   Skorupski, Krzysztof ^b   Martynkien, Tadeusz ^c   Satkiewicz Barabach, Gabriela ^c   Olszewski, Jacek ^c   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^c   Caucheteur, Christophe ^d   Chah, Karima ^d   Mégret, Patrice ^d   Terryn, Herman ^a   Van Roosbroeck, Jan ^e   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^e FBGS International   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bragg grating; Hydrostatic pressure; Microstructured fiber; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

BRAGG PEAKS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); FIBER PREFORMS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GRATING-BASED SENSORS; MATERIAL BIREFRINGENCE; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; PRESSURE SENSITIVITIES;

BIREFRINGENCE; BRAGG GRATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PRESSURE SENSORS;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 84858029496     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2183120     Document Type: Article

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