Investigation on Single-Mode-Multimode-Single-Mode Fiber Structure

Author

Zhao, Yu ; Jin, Yongxing ; Liang, Houhui

Author_Institution

Inst. of Optoelectron. Technol., China Jiliang Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The multimode interference (MMI) theory and corresponding re-imaging phenomena occurring in a single - mode-multimode-single-mode (SMS) fiber structure is investigated. And the commercially available beam propagation method (BPM) have been adapted and analyzed to model the light propagation in this structure. A detailed simulation study of this structure in terms of the length of the multimode fiber core, the radius of the multimode fiber core, the wavelength of the input light, and the refractive index of the substance surrounding the MMF core has been carried out. Therefore, the fiber structure can be developed as an advanced sensor and widely employed in a wide variety of monitoring fields.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; light interference; optical fibres; refractive index; beam propagation method; input light wavelength; light propagation; multimode fiber core length; multimode fiber core radius; multimode interference theory; refractive index; reimaging phenomena; sensor; single-mode-multimode-single-mode fiber structure; Interference; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber theory; Periodic structures; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO), 2011 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2156-8464

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6555-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOPO.2011.5780514

Filename

5780514