Title :
Fabrication of a fibre Bragg grating liquid composition sensor based on wet etching technique
Author :
Bal, H.K. ; Sidiroglou, F. ; Ladouceur, F. ; Dragomir, N.M. ; Collins, S.F. ; Brodzeli, Z.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. & Microelectron., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
An alternative fabrication process targeting the etching of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) is presented. The performance of the resulting grating is demonstrated by developing a glycerine composition sensor based on refractive index changes.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; etching; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index; fibre Bragg grating liquid composition sensor; glycerine composition sensor; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index; wet etching; Etching; Fiber gratings; Optical fibers; Reflection; Refractive index; Etched FBG; FBG; RI sensor; evanscent field sensor; reduced cladding FBG;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929886
