Effect of overlaid material on optical transmission of side-polished fiber made by wheel side polishing

Author

Chen, Zhe ; Bai, Chunhe

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Disaster Forecast & Control in Eng., Jinan Univ., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2008

fDate

7-9 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The performance of optical power transmission through a side polished fiber manufactured by wheel polishing method were investigated, in which materials of different refractive indices were overlaid on the polished surface. The experiments showed that the transmitted optical power through the side-polished fiber varied with the refractive index of the overlaid material. The result of our experiments fitted well the theoretical calculation. Side-polished fiber manufactured by wheel polishing method can not only be used to control optical power transmission through the fiber core but also be used as a refractive index sensor.

Keywords

light transmission; optical materials; polishing; refractive index; optical power; optical transmission; overlaid material; refractive index; side-polished fiber; wheel side polishing; Manufacturing; Optical control; Optical fiber sensors; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Power transmission; Refractive index; Wheels; optical fiber; optical power; optical transmission; refractive index; side polished fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, 2008. APOS '08. 1st Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2131-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2132-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APOS.2008.5226303

Filename

5226303