Interferometric Fiber Optic Sensors
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...As two basic physical parameters of great importance for many applications [1]–[14], force and refractive index (RI) were successfully measured by fiber gratings [1], [2] and various in-fiber devices, including single-mode-multimode-single-mode structures [3], [4], fiber loops [5]–[7], Mach-Zehnder interferometers [7]–[10] and Fabry-Pérot interferometers (FPIs) [11]–[14]....
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...Fluorescence is the simplest of the sensing methods to employ, but it does require more equipment and a fluorescent-based signal to produce results [34,35]....
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...refractometers sensing, telecommunication simple, versatile, self-referenced require design of sensitive layers that change when in contact with the analyte [35]...
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...fluorescence medical applications, chemical sensing and measurements of physical parameters available in different configurations for specific applications require more components and a fluorescent based signal in order to produce results [35]...
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...By tapering a fiber at two points along the fiber, we can form an effective in-line MZI as shown in Figure 7(f) [55,56]....
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...Since it can utilize high reflecting mirrors, the extrinsic structure is useful to obtain a high finesse interference signal [23]....
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...However, in this case, coupling to several cladding modes was observed and controlling the number of involved modes was not so simple [51]....
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...Even with PCF, an MZI can be formed by simply fusion-splicing a piece of PCF between fibers with a small intentional deviation [51]....
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...In reference [51], as low as 2 dB splicing loss was achieved by making the mode coupling to dominantly one cladding mode of the PCF....
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