Journal
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1073-1076Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2529181
Keywords
Refractive-index sensors; tapered fiber coupler; Sagnac loop
Funding
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks [SKLSFO2014-05]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [13ZR1427400]
- Hujiang Foundation of China [B14004]
- Shanghai Talent Development Fund [201529]
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning
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A kind of compact and highly sensitive refractive-index sensor based on reflective tapered fiber coupler is proposed. The sensing structure is fabricated by fusing and tapering a twisted optical fiber. The achieved maximum sensitivity is 3617 nm/RIU for measuring refractive index ranging from 1.33 to 1.41. Comparing with other similar reflective devices, the transmission loss is relatively low (similar to 2 dB), which is assigned to the employed Sagnac loop mirror to enhance the reflection of the system. Besides the intrinsic advantages of the reflective configuration, the proposed sensing structure has the additional advantages of compactness, low-cost, and ultrahigh sensitivity. It is also promising and cost effective for other all-fiber device applications.
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