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A review of multimode interference in tapered optical fibers and related applications

A review of multimode interference in tapered optical fibers and related applications
A review of multimode interference in tapered optical fibers and related applications

In recent years, tapered optical fibers (TOFs) have attracted increasing interest and developed into a range of devices used in many practical applications ranging from optical communication, sensing to optical manipulation and high-Q resonators. Compared with conventional optical fibers, TOFs possess a range of unique features, such as large evanescent field, strong optical confinement, mechanical flexibility and compactness. In this review, we critically summarize the multimode interference in TOFs and some of its applications with a focus on our research project undertaken at the Optoelectronics Research Centre of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

Photonic applications, Sensor interrogation, Sensors, Tapered optical fiber structures
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Wang, Pengfei
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Wang, Xianfan
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Farrell, Gerald
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Farrell, Gerald
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Wang, Pengfei, Zhao, Haiyan, Wang, Xianfan, Farrell, Gerald and Brambilla, Gilberto (2018) A review of multimode interference in tapered optical fibers and related applications. Sensors (Switzerland), 18 (3), [858]. (doi:10.3390/s18030858).

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Abstract

In recent years, tapered optical fibers (TOFs) have attracted increasing interest and developed into a range of devices used in many practical applications ranging from optical communication, sensing to optical manipulation and high-Q resonators. Compared with conventional optical fibers, TOFs possess a range of unique features, such as large evanescent field, strong optical confinement, mechanical flexibility and compactness. In this review, we critically summarize the multimode interference in TOFs and some of its applications with a focus on our research project undertaken at the Optoelectronics Research Centre of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

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Accepted/In Press date: 7 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 March 2018
Published date: 14 March 2018
Keywords: Photonic applications, Sensor interrogation, Sensors, Tapered optical fiber structures

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Local EPrints ID: 419699
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/419699
ISSN: 1424-8220
PURE UUID: 5bafe139-2bcc-46e4-a57d-fdd14df3b886
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 19 Apr 2018 16:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:53

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Author: Pengfei Wang
Author: Haiyan Zhao
Author: Xianfan Wang
Author: Gerald Farrell
Author: Gilberto Brambilla ORCID iD

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