Title :
Microchannelled chirped fibre Bragg grating based refractive index sensor formed by femto-second laser processing and hf-etching
Author :
Fu, Hongyan ; Zhou, Kaiming ; Saffari, Pouneh ; Mou, Chengbo ; Zhang, Lin ; He, Sailing ; Bennion, Ian
Author_Institution :
Photonic Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham
Abstract :
The microchannelled chirped fibre Bragg grating (MCFBG) was fabricated using femtosecond laser processing and HF-etching. Intrinsical refractive-index sensitivity induced by the microchannel makes MCFBGs ideal for biochemical sensing.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; etching; fibre optic sensors; high-speed optical techniques; refractive index measurement; HF etching; femto-second laser processing; microchannelled chirped fibre Bragg grating; refractive index sensor; refractive-index sensitivity; Bragg gratings; Chemical lasers; Chirp; Etching; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Microchannel; Optical fiber sensors; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729339
