• DocumentCode
    2751693
  • Title

    Refractometric mode splitting in metal coated optical fibers

  • Author

    Caucheteur, C. ; Chen, C. ; Voisin, V. ; Berini, P. ; Albert, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Electromagn. & Telecommun. Dept., Univ. of Mons, Mons, Belgium
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    715
  • Lastpage
    716
  • Abstract
    While cladding modes with similar effective indices normally have similar refractometric sensitivities, we demonstrate that a gold coating increases tenfold the sensitivity of some EH modes and nearly suppresses the sensitivity of neighbouring HE modes.
  • Keywords
    gold; optical fibre cladding; refractive index measurement; EH cladding modes; HE cladding modes; gold coating; metal coated optical fibers; refractometric mode splitting; refractometric sensitivity; Gold; Helium; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optimized production technology; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110750
  • Filename
    6110750
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2751693