Title :
Elastooptic stress multiplier using two high-birefringence polarization maintaining fibers
Author :
Changsheng Li ; Bo Wei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Instrum. Sci. & Optoelectron. Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel elastooptic stress multiplier is proposed and demonstrated in experiment that consists of two optical fiber polarizers and two cascaded high-birefringence polarization maintaining fibers. The stress multiplier can perform multiplying operation of two external forces or stresses applied to the two fibers, and can be also used as a voltage multiplier by combining with two piezoelectric transducers.
Keywords :
Pockels effect; birefringence; electro-optical devices; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; elastooptic stress multiplier; external forces; external stresses; high-birefringence polarization maintaining fibers; multiplying operation; optical fiber polarizers; piezoelectric transducers; voltage multiplier; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Stress; Elastooptic effect; Elastooptic stress multiplier; Polarization maintaining fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Control Technology (ISICT), 2012 8th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2615-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISICT.2012.6291601
