Design and realization of long-period grating devices in conventional and high birefringence fibers and their novel applications as fiber-optic load sensors

L. Zhang, Y. Liu, L. Everall, J.A.R. Williams, I. Bennion

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Abstract

We report the design and fabrication of long-period fiber gratings with single and cascaded structures in conventional and high birefringence (hi-bi) fibers using amplitude mask and point-by-point writing techniques. We also report a novel application of long-period gratings produced in nonhigh-birefringence fiber as fiber-optic load sensors exhibiting very high transverse strain sensitivity. Sensitivity some 800 times greater than previously reported fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors has been achieved

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1373-1378
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 1999

Keywords

  • birefringence
  • diffraction gratings
  • fibre optic sensors
  • optical design techniques
  • optical fibre fabrication
  • sensitivity

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