High sensitivity refractive index sensing of Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on multimode fiber core sandwiched between two waist-enlarged fiber tapers

2013 ◽  
Vol 311 ◽  
pp. 359-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Shao ◽  
Xueguang Qiao ◽  
Haiwei Fu ◽  
Yinggang Liu ◽  
Xue Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Multimode Fiber ◽  
Fiber Core ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

scholarly journals Dual Mach–Zehnder Interferometer Based on Side-Hole Fiber for High-Sensitivity Refractive Index Sensing

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Hu ◽  
Mateusz Smietana ◽  
Taihong Wang ◽  
Tingting Lang ◽  
Liyang Shao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Side Hole ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

scholarly journals Up-down Taper Based In-Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Liquid Refractive Index Sensing

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 5440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaopeng Han ◽  
Chunyu Liu ◽  
Shengxu Jiang ◽  
Shuo Leng ◽  
Jiuru Yang
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Temperature Fluctuation ◽  
Extinction Ratio ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Structure Parameters ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Polarization Maintaining Fiber ◽  
Polarization Maintaining ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

A novel in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on cascaded up-down-taper (UDT) structure is proposed by sandwiching a piece of polarization maintaining fiber between two single-mode fibers (SMF) and by utilizing over-fusion splicing method. The dual up tapers respectively act as fiber splitter/combiner, the down taper acts as an optical attenuator. The structure parameters are analyzed and optimized. A larger interference fringe extinction ratio ~15 dB is obtained to achieve refractive index (RI) sensing based on intensity demodulation. The experimental results show that the RI sensitivity is −310.40 dB/RIU with the linearity is improved to 0.99 in the range of 1.3164–1.3444. The corresponding resolution can reach 3.22 × 10−5 RIU, which is 6.8 times higher than wavelength demodulation. The cross sensitivity which caused by temperature fluctuation is less than 1.4 × 10−4.

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