Title :
Method for angular alignment of birefringent fibers in fiber-optic pressure/strain measurement
Author :
A.W. Domanski;T.R. Wolinksi;W.J. Bock
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Poland
Abstract :
A simple method for angular alignment of principal birefringence axes of a highly birefringent (HB) polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber is presented. The method is based on longitudinal strain-induced cross-coupling phenomena which occur in HB fibers and it can be straightforwardly applied to construct a fiber-optic pressure or strain sensor independent of disturbing thermal effects. The method is also particularly suitable for splicing birefringent fiber pigtails to laser diodes in all-fiber configuration for a fiber-optic pressure (strain) sensor.
Keywords :
"Birefringence","Strain measurement","Optical fiber polarization","Optical fiber sensors","Capacitive sensors","Optical interferometry","Optical sensors","Optical fibers","Sensor phenomena and characterization","Splicing"
Journal_Title :
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
