Birefringent Bragg grating in C-shaped optical fiber as a temperature-insensitive refractometer
Birefringent Bragg grating in C-shaped optical fiber as a temperature-insensitive refractometer
We demonstrate a simple-to-fabricate refractometer based on the inscription of fiber Bragg gratings in a special C-shaped optical fiber. The C-shaped fiber was drawn into shape using a quarter cladding removed preform of a commercial standard single-mode fiber by simple machining. The sensor did not suffer from cross-sensitivity of the refractive index with ambient temperature fluctuations, commonly occurring with many optical fiber refractometers. A refractive index sensitivity of 1300 pm per refractive index unit (RIU) was achieved without employing any additional sensitization techniques such as tapering or etching.
fiber Bragg gratings, fiber sensors, refractometers, specialty fibers
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Tan, Rex Xiao, Ho, Daryl, Tse, Chun Ho, Tan, Yung Chuen, Yoo, Seong Woo, Tjin, Swee Chuan and Ibsen, Morten
(2018)
Birefringent Bragg grating in C-shaped optical fiber as a temperature-insensitive refractometer.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 18 (10), .
(doi:10.3390/s18103285).
Abstract
We demonstrate a simple-to-fabricate refractometer based on the inscription of fiber Bragg gratings in a special C-shaped optical fiber. The C-shaped fiber was drawn into shape using a quarter cladding removed preform of a commercial standard single-mode fiber by simple machining. The sensor did not suffer from cross-sensitivity of the refractive index with ambient temperature fluctuations, commonly occurring with many optical fiber refractometers. A refractive index sensitivity of 1300 pm per refractive index unit (RIU) was achieved without employing any additional sensitization techniques such as tapering or etching.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 September 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 September 2018
Keywords:
fiber Bragg gratings, fiber sensors, refractometers, specialty fibers
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/425154
ISSN: 1424-8220
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Rex Xiao Tan
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Daryl Ho
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Chun Ho Tse
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Yung Chuen Tan
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Seong Woo Yoo
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Swee Chuan Tjin
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Morten Ibsen
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