• DocumentCode
    3064023
  • Title

    Fiber-optic twist sensor based on a tapered fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer

  • Author

    Chai-Ming Li ; Chen-Wei Chan ; Jing-Shyang Horng ; Jui-Ming Hsu ; Cheng-Ling Lee

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    All-fiber in-line twist sensor based on an ultrasensitive fiber-Mach-Zehnder-interferometer with cascaded two fiber tapers is proposed. Experimental results show wavelength shifts and spectral loss of the measured interference fringes are correlated with the twist angles.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; light interference; all-fiber in-line twist sensor; fiber tapers; fiber-optic twist sensor; interference fringes; spectral loss; tapered fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer; twist angles; ultrasensitive fiber-Mach-Zehnder-interferometer; wavelength shifts; Interference; Loss measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600434
  • Filename
    6600434