• DocumentCode
    3079378
  • Title

    Detection of chemical vapor with twin-core photonic crystal fiber based in-reflection interferometer

  • Author

    Kim, Bongkyun ; Naeem, Khurram ; Han, Jihee ; Chung, Youngjoo

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    2-6 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    793
  • Lastpage
    794
  • Abstract
    We report and demonstrate a twin-core photonic crystal fiber based in-reflection interferometer for chemical vapor detection. The interferometer is composed of end-cleaved twin-core photonic crystal fiber (TC-PCF) and fiber circulator. Infiltrating chemical molecules in the air holes of TC-PCF lead to change in inter-core effective index difference and associated fringe shift in the interferometer. The potential applications of the proposed device are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    chemical sensors; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; light interferometry; photonic crystals; chemical molecules; chemical vapor detection; fiber circulator; fringe shift; in-reflection interferometer; inter-core effective index difference; twin-core photonic crystal fiber; Chemicals; Indexes; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Photonic crystal fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
  • Conference_Location
    Busan
  • ISSN
    2166-8884
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0976-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2166-8884
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2012.6276633
  • Filename
    6276633