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Microstructured optical fibers for gas sensing: Design, fabrication, and post-fab processing

Microstructured optical fibers for gas sensing: Design, fabrication, and post-fab processing
Microstructured optical fibers for gas sensing: Design, fabrication, and post-fab processing

Air/silica Microstructured Optical Fibers (MOFs) offer new prospects for fiber based sensor devices. In this paper, two topics of particular significance for gas sensing using air guiding Photonic Bandgap Fibers (PBGFs) are discussed. First, we address the issue of controlling the modal properties of PBGFs and demonstrate a single mode, polarization maintaining air guiding PBGF. Secondly, we present recent improvements of a femtosecond laser machining technique for fabricating fluidic channels in PBGFs, which allowed us to achieve cells with multiple side access channels and low additional loss.

All-fiber Gas Sensor, Femtosecond Laser Micromachining, Microstructured Fibers, Photonic Bandgap Fibers, Single Mode Fibers
0277-786X
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Petrovich, M. N.
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Grivas, C.
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Poletti, F.
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Van Brakel, A.
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Austin, E.
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Van Brakel, A.
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Austin, E.
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Richardson, D. J.
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Petrovich, M. N., Grivas, C., Poletti, F., Van Brakel, A., Austin, E. and Richardson, D. J. (2009) Microstructured optical fibers for gas sensing: Design, fabrication, and post-fab processing. In 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors. vol. 7503, SPIE. 4 pp . (doi:10.1117/12.833368).

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Abstract

Air/silica Microstructured Optical Fibers (MOFs) offer new prospects for fiber based sensor devices. In this paper, two topics of particular significance for gas sensing using air guiding Photonic Bandgap Fibers (PBGFs) are discussed. First, we address the issue of controlling the modal properties of PBGFs and demonstrate a single mode, polarization maintaining air guiding PBGF. Secondly, we present recent improvements of a femtosecond laser machining technique for fabricating fluidic channels in PBGFs, which allowed us to achieve cells with multiple side access channels and low additional loss.

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Published date: 5 October 2009
Venue - Dates: 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, , Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2009-10-05 - 2009-10-09
Keywords: All-fiber Gas Sensor, Femtosecond Laser Micromachining, Microstructured Fibers, Photonic Bandgap Fibers, Single Mode Fibers

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Local EPrints ID: 501733
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/501733
ISSN: 0277-786X
PURE UUID: f9c5f003-fd4f-48a3-85d5-4ae3d9512174
ORCID for M. N. Petrovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-5901
ORCID for F. Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083

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Author: M. N. Petrovich ORCID iD
Author: C. Grivas
Author: F. Poletti ORCID iD
Author: A. Van Brakel
Author: E. Austin
Author: D. J. Richardson

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