Long period grating in multicore optical fiber:an ultra-sensitive vector bending sensor for low curvatures

Abstract

Long period grating was UV inscribed into a multicore fiber consisting of 120 single mode cores. The multicore fiber that hosts the grating was fusion spliced into a single mode fiber at both ends. The splice creates a taper transition between the two types of fiber that produces a nonadiabatic mode evolution; this results in the illumination of all the modes in the multicore fiber. The spectral characteristics of this fiber device as a function of curvature were investigated. The device yielded a significant spectral sensitivity as high as 1.23 nm/m-1 and 3.57 dB/m-1 to the ultra-low curvature values from 0 to 1 m-1. This fiber device can also distinguish the orientation of curvature experienced by the fiber as the long period grating attenuation bands producing either a blue or red wavelength shift. The finite element method (FEM) model was used to investigate the modal behavior in multicore fiber and to predict the phase-matching curves of the long period grating inscribed into multicore fiber.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.003508
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 1539-4794
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2024 08:07
Date Deposited: 24 Jun 2015 14:05
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Published Date: 2014-06-15
Authors: Saffari, Pouneh
Allsop, Thomas D.P. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-8905-9014)
Adebayo, Adedotum
Webb, David J. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-5495-1296)
Haynes, Roger
Roth, Martin M.

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