Abstract
An approach to realizing simultaneous measurement of refractive index (RI) and temperature based on a microfiber-based dual inline Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is proposed and demonstrated. Due to different interference mechanisms, as one interference between the core mode and the lower order cladding mode in the sensing single-mode fiber and the other interference between the fundamental mode and the high-order mode in the multimode microfiber, the former interferometer achieves RI sensitivity of -23.67 nm/RIU and temperature sensitivity of 81.2 pm/oC, whereas those of the latter are 3820.23 nm/RIU, and -465.7 pm/oC, respectively. The large sensitivity differences can provide a more accurate demodulation of RI and temperature. The sensor is featured with multiparameters measurement, compact structure, high sensitivity, low cost, and easy fabrication.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | IEEE Photonics Journal |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Feb 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Creative Commons BYFunding: National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61275004 and Grant 61290315 and in part by the European Commission's Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship under Grant 328263.
Keywords
- refractive index
- Sensors
- subwavelength structure
- temperature
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