Pressure sensor realized with polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber-based Sagnac interferometer.

نویسندگان

  • H Y Fu
  • H Y Tam
  • Li-Yang Shao
  • Xinyong Dong
  • P K A Wai
  • C Lu
  • Sunil K Khijwania
چکیده

A novel intrinsic fiber optic pressure sensor realized with a polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF) based Sagnac interferometer is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. A large wavelength-pressure coefficient of 3.42 nm/MPa was measured using a 58.4 cm long PM-PCF as the sensing element. Owing to the inherently low bending loss and thermal dependence of the PM-PCF, the proposed pressure sensor is very compact and exhibits low temperature sensitivity.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Applied optics

دوره 47 15  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008