Compact fiber-optic curvature sensor based on super-mode interference in a seven-core fiber

G Salceda-Delgado, A Van Newkirk… - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A compact, low loss, and highly sensitive optical fiber curvature sensor is presented. The
device consists of a few-millimeter-long piece of seven-core fiber spliced between two single …

Multicore fiber sensors for simultaneous measurement of force and temperature

A Van Newkirk, JE Antonio-Lopez… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a force and temperature sensor consisting of a multicore fiber (MCF)
spliced between two single-mode fibers. Increasing of the sensitivity to applied force is …

Bending sensor combining multicore fiber with a mode-selective photonic lantern

A Van Newkirk, JE Antonio-Lopez… - Optics Letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A bending sensor is demonstrated using the combination of a mode-selective photonic
lantern (PL) and a multicore fiber. A short section of three-core fiber with strongly coupled …

A fiber laser temperature sensor based on SMF core-offset structure

X Hao, Z Tong, W Zhang, Y Cao - Optics Communications, 2015 - Elsevier
A simple and low cost fiber laser temperature sensor based on all-fiber single-mode core-
offset structure has been demonstrated. When temperature is applied on the core-offset …

Highly sensitive liquid core temperature sensor based on multimode interference effects

MA Fuentes-Fuentes, DA May-Arrioja… - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
A novel fiber optic temperature sensor based on a liquid-core multimode interference device
is demonstrated. The advantage of such structure is that the thermo-optic coefficient (TOC) of …

Cascaded interferometers structure based on dual-pass Mach–Zehnder interferometer and Sagnac interferometer for dual-parameter sensing

S Wang, P Lu, L Mao, D Liu, S Jiang - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
In this article, we propose and demonstrate a cascaded interferometers structure based on a
dual-pass Mach–Zehnder interferometer (DP-MZI) and a Sagnac interferometer (SI) for …

In-line interferometer based on intermodal coupling of a multicore fiber

MS Yoon, SB Lee, YG Han - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
An in-line interferometer based on the intermodal coupling of a multicore fiber (MCF) is
proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The in-line interferometer is fabricated by …

High-temperature sensor based on 45° tilted fiber end fabricated by femtosecond laser

Y Yu, W Zhou, J Ma, S Ruan, Y Zhang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel fiber sensing head
based on 45° tilted fiber end for high-temperature measurement. The sensing head was …

Refractive index insensitive temperature sensor based on specialty triple-clad fiber

X Fu, H Xie, X Zeng, G Fu, W Bi - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A refractive index (RI) insensitive temperature sensor based on specialty triple-clad fiber
(STCF) is proposed. Based on coupling mode theory, the STCF can be equivalent to a rod …

Multi-core fiber interferometer using spatial light modulators for measurement of the inter-core group index differences

HJ Lee, HS Moon, SK Choi, HS Park - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an experimental technique to generate and measure arbitrary
superpositions of core modes in a multi-core fiber. Two spatial light modulators couple the …