Micro-structured fiber interferometer as sensitive temperature sensor

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Date
2013
Volume
3
Issue
3
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Heidelberg : Springer
Abstract

We report on a fast and sensitive temperature sensor using a micro-structured or photonic crystal fiber interferometer with a high germanium doped fiber core. The wavelength sensitivity for temperature variation was as high as δλ/δT= 78 pm/ C up to 500 C, which was 6 times more sensitive than the fiber Bragg grating temperature sensitivity of δλ/δT= 13 pm/ C at 1550 nm. The sensor device was investigated concerning the sensitivity characteristics and response time.

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fiber interferometer, fiber temperature sensor, Micro-structured optical fiber, Fiber interferometers, Fiber temperature sensors, Micro-structured optical fibers, Microstructured fibers, Sensitivity characteristics, Temperature sensitivity, Temperature variation, Wavelength sensitivity, Fiber Bragg gratings, Interferometers, Photonic crystal fibers, Temperature sensors, Fibers
Citation
Favero, F. C., Becker, M., Spittel, R., Rothhardt, M., Kobelke, J., & Bartelt, H. (2013). Micro-structured fiber interferometer as sensitive temperature sensor. 3(3). https://doi.org//10.1007/s13320-013-0116-5
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CC BY 2.0 Unported