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Temperature sensing by mode-mode interference in birefringent optical fibers.

W. Eickhoff
- 01 Apr 1981 - 
- Vol. 6, Iss: 4, pp 204-206
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Fiber-optic sensors are described that utilize the mode-mode interference of the two orthogonal linear polarizations of the HE(11), mode in strongly birefringent single-mode fibers to calculate the sensitivities of various versions of these one-fiber interferometers.
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Fiber-optic sensors are described that utilize the mode–mode interference of the two orthogonal linear polarizations of the HE11 mode in strongly birefringent single-mode fibers. The sensitivities of various versions of these one-fiber interferometers are calculated. When fibers with high internal stress are used, the temperature sensitivity is reduced by only a factor of 50 compared with that of two-fiber interferometers while the pressure sensitivity is reduced by 7.3 × 103. Thus the cross sensitivity is reduced by a factor of 150.

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