• DocumentCode
    2237325
  • Title

    High sensitivity miniature Mach-Zehnder-interferometer using micro-abrupt-tapers in a cladding-depressed strongly guiding fiber for a picoliter-volume microsensing

  • Author

    Chen, Nan-Kuang ; Feng, Zhi-Zheng ; Yang, Tsung-Hsun ; Chen, Yi-Ning ; Lin, Chinlon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate miniature Mach-Zehnder-interferometer with a device length of 179.5 μm using two micro-abrupt-tapers in a cladding-depressed strongly-guiding fiber. The index variation of 2×10-3 from a 6.3 picoliter optical liquid can cause 1.6 nm wavelength-shift.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; micro-optics; optical fibre cladding; Mach-Zehnder-interferometer; cladding-depressed fiber; distance 179.5 mum; micro-abrupt-tapers; picoliter optical liquid; picoliter-volume microsensing; strongly guiding fiber; wavelength 1.6 nm; Indexes; Laser beams; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical interferometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950507
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2237325