• DocumentCode
    403015
  • Title

    Sensitivity of holey fiber based sensors

  • Author

    Kotynski, R. ; Nasilowski, T. ; Antkowiak, Maciej ; Berghmansa, F. ; Thienpont, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    29 June-3 July 2003
  • Firstpage
    340
  • Abstract
    We analyze the mechanisms contributing to the overall sensitivity of optical sensors based on holey fibers. For this purpose we investigate the shift of the Bragg-matched wavelength in a sensor with a Bragg grating as well as the change of birefringence in a polarimetric sensor. For the sake of simplicity we concentrate on the response of the sensor to temperature. We show that the change of refractive index of silica is not always the dominating source of the sensor´s response.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; birefringence; fibre optic sensors; refractive index; Bragg grating; Bragg-matched wavelength; birefringence; holey fiber based sensors; optical sensors; polarimetric sensor; refractive index; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Fiber gratings; Holey fibers; Optical fiber sensors; Refractive index; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Silicon compounds; Temperature sensors; Thermal expansion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7816-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2003.1264650
  • Filename
    1264650