Asymmetrical in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer for curvature measurement
- 26 May 2015
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 23 (11), 14596-602
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.23.014596
Abstract
We demonstrated a compact and highly-sensitive curvature sensor based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer created in a photonic crystal fiber. Such a Mach-Zehnder interferometer consisted of a peanut-like section and an abrupt taper achieved by use of an optimized electrical arc discharge technique, where only one dominating cladding mode was excited and interfered with the fundamental mode. The unique structure exhibited a high curvature sensitivity of 50.5 nm/m(-1) within a range from 0 to 2.8 m(-1), which made it suitable for high-sensitivity curvature sensing in harsh environments. Moreover, it also exhibited a temperature sensitivity of 11.7 pm/degrees C. (C) 2015 Optical Society of AmericaKeywords
Funding Information
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2014M562201)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (11174064, 61308027, 61377090, 61425007)
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