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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zhu, Cong-Cong
• Yu, Yong-Sen
• Zhang, Xuan-Yu
• Chen, Chao
• Liang, Ju-Fa
• Liu, Zi-Jian
• Meng, Ai-Hua
• Jing, Shi-Mei
• Sun, Hong-Bo

Titel

Compact Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Tapered Hollow Optical Fiber

Ist Teil von

• IEEE photonics technology letters, 2015-06, Vol.27 (12), p.1277-1280

Ort / Verlag

New York: IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

IEEE Xplore

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A compact fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on tapered hollow optical fiber (THOF) has been demonstrated. The THOF is sandwiched between two single mode fibers (SMFs), forming a SMF-THOF-SMF (STS) structure. The discharging during the splicing and tapering processes induces the collapsed regions in the hollow fiber, which form the modal coupling/re-coupling areas of the interferometer. The THOF has a length of about 2 mm and the taper waist diameter is about 66.5 μm. The refractive index (RI), stress, and temperature response properties of the STS interferometer have been investigated, which show a high RI sensitivity and low temperature cross-sensitivity. The STS interferometer holds the merits of compact structure, low cost and easy fabrication, making it a suitable candidate in the biochemical and physical sensing fields.