Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7137530 | Sensors and Actuators A: Physical | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The results obtained show that PCFs of low birefringence (Low-Bi) are more sensitive than those of high birefringence (Hi-Bi), although the former require a greater length to achieve a similar effect due to the birefringence. Compared to conventional, non-PCF Hi-Bi fibres (e.g. Panda and Bow-Tie fibres), PCFs demonstrate a much lower temperature sensitivity, allowing them to be well suited to measuring force, pressure and mass in real time (when the temperature is varying) by using a fibre loop mirror (FLM) configuration. In addition, the results obtained show that the sensitivity of the fusion-spliced fibre pairs is lower than that of a single PCF with low and medium birefringence, but more sensitive than that of a single PCF with high birefringence.
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Authors
Mohammad Karimi, Matthias Fabian, Leszek R. Jaroszewicz, Kay Schuster, Pawel Mergo, Tong Sun, Kenneth T.V. Grattan,