Chromatic and polarization dispersion measurements of single-mode fibers with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vobian ◽  
W. Dultz ◽  
J. Vobian ◽  
W. Dultz
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

scholarly journals Up-down Taper Based In-Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Liquid Refractive Index Sensing

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 5440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaopeng Han ◽  
Chunyu Liu ◽  
Shengxu Jiang ◽  
Shuo Leng ◽  
Jiuru Yang
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Temperature Fluctuation ◽  
Extinction Ratio ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Structure Parameters ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Polarization Maintaining Fiber ◽  
Polarization Maintaining ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

A novel in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on cascaded up-down-taper (UDT) structure is proposed by sandwiching a piece of polarization maintaining fiber between two single-mode fibers (SMF) and by utilizing over-fusion splicing method. The dual up tapers respectively act as fiber splitter/combiner, the down taper acts as an optical attenuator. The structure parameters are analyzed and optimized. A larger interference fringe extinction ratio ~15 dB is obtained to achieve refractive index (RI) sensing based on intensity demodulation. The experimental results show that the RI sensitivity is −310.40 dB/RIU with the linearity is improved to 0.99 in the range of 1.3164–1.3444. The corresponding resolution can reach 3.22 × 10−5 RIU, which is 6.8 times higher than wavelength demodulation. The cross sensitivity which caused by temperature fluctuation is less than 1.4 × 10−4.

scholarly journals Optical Fiber Based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for APES Detection

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 5870
Author(s):  
Huitong Deng ◽  
Xiaoman Chen ◽  
Zhenlin Huang ◽  
Shiqi Kang ◽  
Weijia Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Fiber Optic Sensor ◽  
Optic Sensor ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

A 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane (APES) fiber-optic sensor based on a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was demonstrated. The MZI was constructed with a core-offset fusion single mode fiber (SMF) structure with a length of 3.0 cm. As APES gradually attaches to the MZI, the external environment of the MZI changes, which in turn causes change in the MZI’s interference. That is the reason why we can obtain the relationships between the APES amount and resonance dip wavelength by measuring the transmission variations of the resonant dip wavelength of the MZI. The optimized amount of 1% APES for 3.0 cm MZI biosensors was 3 mL, whereas the optimized amount of 2% APES was 1.5 mL.

scholarly journals In-Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Three-Core Fiber for Measurement of Directional Bending

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Ding ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Cai Zhou ◽  
Min Hu ◽  
Yuli Xiong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Swept Source ◽  
The Core ◽  
Biomedical Sensing ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Core Fiber ◽  
Bending Sensor ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer

A highly sensitive directional bending sensor based on a three-core fiber (TCF) Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is presented in this study. This MZI-based bending sensor was fabricated by fusion-splicing a section of TCF between two single-mode fibers (SMF) with core-offset. Due to the location of the core in the TCF, a bend applied to the TCF-based MZI led to an elongation or shortening of the core, which makes the sensor suitable for directional bending measurement. To analyze the bending characteristics, two types of TCF-based sensors, with the fusion-spliced core located at different positions between the SMFs, were investigated. A swept source was employed in the measurement technique. The experimental results showed that, for the two types of sensors in this setup, the bending sensitivities of the two sensors were 15.36 nm/m−1 and 3.11 nm/m−1 at the bending direction of 0°, and −20.48 nm/m−1 and −5.29 nm/m−1 at the bending direction of 180°. The temperature sensitivities of the two sensors were 0.043 nm/°C and 0.041 nm/°C, respectively. The proposed sensors are compact, versatile, inexpensive to fabricate, and are expected to have potential applications in biomedical sensing.

Phase noise of the near-infrared single-mode fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer and its stabilization technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 2652
Author(s):  
Yunrui Bai ◽  
Haijuan Yu ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Zhangwang Miao ◽  
Chaojian He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Noise ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Zehnder Interferometer ◽  
Mach Zehnder Interferometer
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