Miniature single-mode fiber refractive index interferometer sensor based on high order cladding mode and core-offset

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-361

  Wong, Wei Chang ^a   Chan, Chi Chiu ^a   Zhang, Yi Fan ^a   Leong, Kam Chew ^b  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Interference; Misaligned; Optical fiber sensors; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

CLADDING MODES; HIGH ORDER; HIGH RI; HIGHER ORDER; INTERFEROMETER SENSORS; MISALIGNED; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; PHASE DELAY; PHYSICAL LENGTH; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS;

CLADDING (COATING); INTERFEROMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 84863137266     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2179529     Document Type: Article

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