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Erschienen in: Photonic Network Communications 2/2019

14.06.2019 | Original Paper

A tunable Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on dual micro-cavity photonic crystal fiber for load measurement

verfasst von: Faraqid Q. Mohammed, Tahreer S. Mansoor, Ahmed W. Abdulwahhab

Erschienen in: Photonic Network Communications | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Abstract

Optical fiber technologies are widely engaged in variety of industries, machines and production lines due to their precise results and low cost. Optical sensors are fabricated using different types of optical fibers. In this paper, a new fabrication approach of, in-fiber, tunable Mach–Zehnder interferometer with dual micro-cavities using a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) has been proposed for load measurement application. A large mode area (LMA-10) PCF is used to splice between two equal lengths of single-mode fibers using fusion splicing technique. Different parameters such as arc power, length of the PCF and the overlap gap between samples have been considered to control the fabrication process. Ellipsoidal shape micro-cavities were experimentally achieved parallel to the propagation axis having dimensions of (24.92–62.32) µm of width and (3.82–18.2) µm of length. Results showed that higher sensitivity values of 0.15 nm/N and 0.32 nm/N were achieved with elliptical width of 18.2 µm. The simplicity of sensor fabrication process, controlled parameters of cavity creation, small and compact size and high sensitivity of large mode area that the PCFs exhibit, add more advantage for load measurement applications.

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Metadaten
Titel
A tunable Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on dual micro-cavity photonic crystal fiber for load measurement
verfasst von
Faraqid Q. Mohammed
Tahreer S. Mansoor
Ahmed W. Abdulwahhab
Publikationsdatum
14.06.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Photonic Network Communications / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1387-974X
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8188
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-019-00855-x

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