• DocumentCode
    1088146
  • Title

    Simultaneous Measurement of Refractive Index and Temperature by Using Dual Long-Period Gratings With an Etching Process

  • Author

    Yan, Jinhua ; Zhang, A. Ping ; Shao, Li-Yang ; Ding, Jin-Fei ; He, Sailing

  • Author_Institution
    Zhejiang Univ. of Technol., Hangzhou
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1360
  • Lastpage
    1361
  • Abstract
    A new structure of long-period grating (LPG) sensor is introduced for simultaneous measurement of the refractive index (RI) and temperature. This type of grating device consists of two LPG sections, one of which is post etched by hydrofluoric acid (HF) solution and, therefore, has an improved RI sensitivity (the demonstrated improvement of sensitivity is 3.6 times). The experimental results show that this LPG sensor has a good performance in terms of linearity and sensitivity.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; etching; fibre optic sensors; refractive index measurement; temperature measurement; dual long-period gratings; etching process; grating device; hydrofluoric acid solution; refractive index; temperature measurement; Biosensors; Bragg gratings; Chemical and biological sensors; Chemical sensors; Etching; Fiber gratings; Helium; Optical fiber sensors; Refractive index; Temperature sensors; Long-period grating (LPG); optical fiber sensor; refractive index (RI) measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Sensors Journal, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1530-437X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSEN.2007.905037
  • Filename
    4286933