Hypersensitivity and Applications of Cladding Modes of Optical Fibers Coated with Nanoscale Metal Layers

Theoretical and experimental results are presented to show that the complex effective index of the modes of optical fibers coated with non-uniform metal coatings of gold, silver, copper, or palladium, with thicknesses between 0 and 20 nm, acquire a greatly enhanced sensitivity to various forms of pe...

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Main Authors: Jacques Albert, Fu Liu, Violeta Marquez-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/5/1518