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PHOTONICS RESEARCH
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 45-48Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.4.000045
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61505096]
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We demonstrated long-period grating (LPG) inscription on polymer functionalized optical microfibers and its applications in optical sensing. Optical microfibers were functionalized with ultraviolet-sensitive polymethyl methacrylate jackets and, thus, LPGs could be inscribed on optical microfibers via point-by-point ultraviolet laser exposure. For a 2 mm long microfiber LPG (MLPG) inscribed on optical microfibers with a diameter of 5.4 mu m, a resonant dip of 15 dB at 1377 nm was observed. This MLPG showed a high sensitivity of strain and axial force, i.e., -1.93 pm/mu epsilon and -1.15 pm/mu N, respectively. Although the intrinsic temperature sensitivity of the LPGs is relatively low, i.e., -12.75 pm/degrees C, it can be increased to be -385.11 pm/degrees C by appropriate sealing. Benefiting from the small footprint and high sensitivity, MLPGs could have potential applications in optical sensing of strain, axial force, and temperature. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
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