Photonic crystal fiber strain sensor based on modified mach-zehnder iinterferometer

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-118

  Hu, L M ^a,b   Chan, C C ^b   Dong, X Y ^a   Wang, Y P ^a   Zu, P ^b   Wong, W C ^b   Qian, W W ^a,b   Li, T ^a,b  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

intensity modulated; interferometer; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); strain sensor; temperature insensitive

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FIBER; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; INTENSITY MODULATED; MACH-ZEHNDER; MIDDLE POINTS; NOVEL STRAINS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF); STRAIN SENSOR; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SENSORS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 84862919514     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2180708     Document Type: Article

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