Title :
Refractive index sensitivity characteristics of fiber taper long-period grating
Author :
Zhaohui Yin ; Xiaobei Zhang ; Yunqi Liu ; Fufei Pang ; Tingyun Wang
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Specialty Fiber Opt. & Opt. Access Networks, Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
In this paper, numerical simulations and experimental demonstrations of refractive index sensitivity characteristics of CO2-laser-writing long-period grating in fiber taper are presented, with a high sensitivity about 2733.28nm/RIU in the external RI range of 1.4490-1.4537.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; gas lasers; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index measurement; carbon dioxide laser writing; fiber taper long period grating; refractive index sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
