Temperature sensor by using selectively filled photonic crystal fiber sagnac interferometer

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1801-1808

  Cui, Ying ^a,b   Shum, Perry Ping ^a,b   Hu, Dora Juan Juan ^c   Wang, Guanghui ^d   Humbert, Georges ^e   Dinh, Xuan Quyen ^a,f  

^a RESEARCH TECHNO PLAZA   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^f THALES   (France)

Author keywords

photonic crystal fiber; Sagnac interferometer; selective filling; temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FIBER; FIBER SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS; LENGTH RATIO; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

FILLING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84866855425     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2217945     Document Type: Article

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