Sensing characteristics of birefringent microstructured polymer optical fiber

Marcin K. Szczurowski; Orlando Frazão; J. M. Baptista; Kristian Nielsen; Ole Bang; Wacław Urbańczyk

doi:10.1117/12.885833

17 May 2011 Sensing characteristics of birefringent microstructured polymer optical fiber

Marcin K. Szczurowski, Orlando Frazão, J. M. Baptista, Kristian Nielsen, Ole Bang, Wacław Urbańczyk

Proceedings Volume 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 77533Z (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885833
Event: 21st International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS21), 2011, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

We experimentally studied several sensing characteristics of a birefringent microstructured polymer optical fiber. The fiber exhibits a birefringence of the order 2×10^-5 at 1.3 μm because of two small holes adjacent to the core. In this fiber, we measured spectral dependence of phase and group modal birefringence, bending losses, polarimetric sensitivity to strain and temperature. The sensitivity to strain was also examined for intermodal interference observed in the spectral range below 0.8 μm. Finally, we showed that the material transmission windows shift as function of the applied strain. This shift has an exponential character and saturates for greater strain.

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Marcin K. Szczurowski, Orlando Frazão, J. M. Baptista, Kristian Nielsen, Ole Bang, and Wacław Urbańczyk "Sensing characteristics of birefringent microstructured polymer optical fiber", Proc. SPIE 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 77533Z (17 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885833

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