All-Fiber Laser Curvature Sensor Using an In-Fiber Modal Interferometer Based on a Double Clad Fiber and a Multimode Fiber Structure

An all-fiber curvature laser sensor by using a novel modal interference in-fiber structure is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The in-fiber device, fabricated by fusion splicing of multimode fiber and double-clad fiber segments, is used as wavelength filter as well as the sensing element. B...

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Main Authors: Ricardo I. Álvarez-Tamayo, Manuel Durán-Sánchez, Patricia Prieto-Cortés, Guillermo Salceda-Delgado, Arturo A. Castillo-Guzmán, Romeo Selvas-Aguilar, Baldemar Ibarra-Escamilla, Evgeny A. Kuzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/12/2744