• DocumentCode
    3178074
  • Title

    The sensing characteristics of long period gratings in three different types of fibre

  • Author

    Allsop, T. ; Webb, D.J. ; Bennion, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    486
  • Abstract
    In this paper, sensing characteristics of long period gratings in three different types of single mode optical fibre: a step-index fibre, a progressive three layered fibre and a suppressed-cladding fibre were investigated. It was found that variation in the refractive index profile and material constants of the fibre can produce a dramatic change in the spectral sensitivity for a particular measurand for a given long period grating attenuation band.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre testing; refractive index; attenuation band; long period gratings sensing characteristics; material constants; progressive three layered fibre; refractive index profile; single mode optical fibre; spectral sensitivity; step-index fibre; suppressed-cladding fibre; Attenuation measurement; Fiber gratings; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Particle measurements; Photonics; Refractive index; Temperature sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7734-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313549
  • Filename
    1313549