A review of optical fiber sensing demonstrations based on photonic crystal fibers is
presented. The text is organized in five main sections: the first three deal with sensing …

This paper presents a review of the development of optical fibers made of multiple materials,
particularly including silica glass, soft glass, polymers, hydrogels, biomaterials …

This paper presents an optimum design for highly birefringent hybrid photonic crystal fiber
(HyPCF) based on a modified structure for broadband compensation covering the S, C, and …

We designed, manufactured and characterized two birefringent microstructured fibers that
feature a 5-fold increase in polarimetric sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure compared to the …

A monolithic structured polymer preform was formed by in-situ chemical polymerization of
high-purity MMA monomer in a home-made mould. The conditions for fabrication of the …

A Sagnac interferometer with a section of a polarization maintaining side-hole fiber for
multiparameter measurement is proposed. The sensor was experimentally demonstrated to …

In this paper, we report on the fabrication, characterization, and sensing applications of a
high-birefringence suspended-core fiber (HB-SCF) using the stack-and-draw technique …

A novel elliptical-hole photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with double defect is theoretically
investigated, and its high birefringence [including both the phase-index birefringence (PIB) …

A highly birefringent dispersion compensating hybrid photonic crystal fiber is presented. This
fiber successfully compensates the chromatic dispersion of standard single mode fiber over …

We present a new cladding design for high birefringence and low confinement loss photonic
crystal fibers (PCFs) using a full-vector finite element method with anisotropic perfectly …