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

doi:10.1109/2944.806763

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

Aston University

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1373-1378
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/2944.806763
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fiber gratings
Birefringence
Optical fiber devices
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fiber sensors
Writing
Capacitive sensors
Bragg gratings
Optical fiber communication
Fabrication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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

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