Gas sensing with a highly birefringent microfiber photonic microcell

Wa Jin, Xuejing Liu, Wei Jin

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Abstract

We report the fabrication of in-line photonic microcells (PMCs) by encapsulating tapered highly birefringent microfibers (Hi-Bi MFs) inside glass tubes. The encapsulation isolates Hi-Bi MFs from external environment and makes them more suitable for real-world applications. Gas sensing is realized by fabricating micro-channel on the PMC for ingress/egress. A fiber Sagnac loop interferometer (SLI) incorporating a Hi-Bi microfiber PMC demonstrated a gas pressure sensitivity of 599 pm/bar, and RI sensitivity of 2024 nm per refractive index unit (nm/RIU) in gaseous environment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICOCN 2016 - 2016 15th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781509034918
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Mar 2017
Event15th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2016 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 24 Sept 201627 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period24/09/1627/09/16

Keywords

  • Gas sensor
  • highly birefringent microfibers
  • photonic microcell
  • pressure
  • refractive index

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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