• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 12, Issue 7, 070602 (2014)
Le Xu, Weina Han, Peng Wang, and Sumei Wang
DOI: 10.3788/col201412.070602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
Le Xu, Weina Han, Peng Wang, Sumei Wang. Hybrid Mach-Zehnder interferometric sensor based on two core-of fset attenuators and an abrupt taper in single-mode fiber[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2014, 12(7): 070602 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

This study proposes a new hybrid Mach-Zehnder interferometric (MZI) sensor based on two core-offset attenuators and an abrupt taper in a single-mode fiber fabricated by a fiber-taper machine and electric arc discharge. When the distance between the two core-offset attenuators is stretched to 4500 mm, significant interference signals are detected with a prominent attenuation peak of ~28 dB. The proposed MZI can be used to measure temperature due to its low refractive index (RI) and strain cross-sensitivity. The temperature sensitivity is 34.95+(-)0.04 and 106.70+(-)0.04 pm/oC in the temperature ranges of 14-250 and 250-1000 oC, respectively.
Le Xu, Weina Han, Peng Wang, Sumei Wang. Hybrid Mach-Zehnder interferometric sensor based on two core-of fset attenuators and an abrupt taper in single-mode fiber[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2014, 12(7): 070602
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