Title :
Strain response of Mach-Zehnder interferometer with asymmetric two-core photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Han, Jihee ; Kim, Bongkyun ; Naeem, Khurram ; Chung, Youngjoo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
We proposed a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with asymmetric two-core photonic crystal fiber (AS-TC-PCF) and investigated its strain sensitivity by monitoring the interference fringe shift with changing strain. The strain sensitivity measured -0.53 pm/με and -0.23 prn/με.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; light interference; photonic crystals; strain measurement; strain sensors; AS-TC-PCF; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; asymmetric two-core photonic crystal fiber; interference fringe shift; strain response; strain sensitivity; Interference; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Sensitivity; Strain; Strain measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276743
