Title :
Investigation of curvature sensitivity of arc-induced long-period fiber gratings inscribed in a pure silica photonic crystal fiber with two large air holes in the outer cladding region
Author :
Kim, Sunduck ; Kim, Gil Hwan ; Hwang, Kyu-Jin ; Olena, Muliar ; Lee, Kwanil ; Kim, Sang Hyuck ; Jeong, Je-Myung ; Lee, Sang Bae
Author_Institution :
Div. of Intell. Syst., Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KIST), Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
An arc-induced long period grating within a photonic crystal fiber with two large-diameter air holes in the cladding region has been shown as a novel curvature sensor. Due to its panda structure, the sensitivity to curvature has been shown to be angular dependent.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; holey fibres; optical fibre cladding; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; air holes; arc-induced long-period fiber gratings; curvature sensitivity; outer cladding region; panda structure; photonic crystal fiber; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser theory; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Temperature sensors; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5213788
