Optical sensing using fiber-optic multimode interference devices: a review of nonconventional sensing schemes

JR Guzmán-Sepúlveda, R Guzmán-Cabrera… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
We review fiber-based multimode interference (MMI) devices with a particular focus on
optical fiber-based sensing applications. The present review complements a recently …

Review of no-core optical fiber sensor and applications

Y Zhao, J Zhao, Q Zhao - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2020 - Elsevier
The unique structural characteristic of no-core fiber (NCF) have extended the sensing
applications based on multimode interference self-imaging, evanescent wave absorption …

High sensitivity SMS fiber structure based refractometer–analysis and experiment

Q Wu, Y Semenova, P Wang, G Farrell - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We have investigated the influence of multimode fiber core (MMFC) diameters and lengths
on the sensitivity of an SMS fiber based refractometer. We show that the MMFC diameter has …

High temperature fiber sensor with high sensitivity based on core diameter mismatch

L Viet Nguyen, D Hwang, S Moon, D Seung Moon… - Optics express, 2008 - opg.optica.org
We report a simple fiber sensor for measurement of high temperature with high sensitivity.
The sensing head is a multimode-single mode-multimode (MM-SM-MM) fiber configuration …

Investigation on single-mode–multimode–single-mode fiber structure

Q Wang, G Farrell, W Yan - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2008 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents an investigation on a single-mode–multimode–single-mode fiber
structure. A one-way guided-mode propagation analysis for the circular symmetry …

Strain and temperature sensing characteristics of single-mode–multimode–single-mode structures

SM Tripathi, A Kumar, RK Varshney… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a comprehensive study of the strain and temperature-sensing characteristics of
single-mode–multimode–single-mode (SMS) structures based on the modal interference of …

Fiber-optic temperature sensor based on interference of selective higher-order modes

E Li, X Wang, C Zhang - Applied physics letters, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
A fiber-optic temperature sensor based on the interference of selective higher-order modes
in circular optical fibers is described. The authors demonstrate that by coupling the LP 01 …

All-fiber curvature sensor based on multimode interference

Y Gong, T Zhao, YJ Rao, Y Wu - IEEE Photonics Technology …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fiber-optic curvature sensor based on the single-mode-multimode-single-mode (SMS)
fiber structure is developed. Several notches in the transmitted spectrum of the SMS fiber …

All-fiber multimode interference bandpass filter

WS Mohammed, PWE Smith, X Gu - Optics letters, 2006 - opg.optica.org
A novel design for an all-fiber bandpass filter based on a multimode interference reimaging
phenomenon is presented. The filter has achieved low insertion loss with adequate …

Temperature-independent curvature sensor based on in-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer using hollow-core fiber

S Marrujo-García, I Hernández-Romano… - Journal of lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
An in-fiber Mach–Zehnder Interferometer (MZI), based on hollow core fiber (HCF), for
measuring curvature is fabricated and experimentally demonstrated. The sensing part was …