Title :
Novel optical chemsensor based on etched D-fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Zhou, Kaiming ; Chen, Xianfeng ; Zhang, Lin ; Bennion, Ian
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
A novel optical chemsensor concept based on the cladding etched Bragg gratings in D-fiber is demonstrated. Two etched devices have been used to measure the concentrations of sugar solution, giving sensitivity as high as 0.02 nm/%.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chemical sensors; etching; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre cladding; sugar; D-fiber; cladding etched Bragg gratings; optical chemsensor; sugar solution;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
