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High-Sensitivity Refractive Index Sensing Based on an SNPNS Composite Structure
- Source :
- Photonics, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 941 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2024.
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Abstract
- In this paper, we design and demonstrate an all-fiber-sensitive refractive index (RI) sensor based on the Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI). It is constructed by splicing two no-core fibers (NCFs) and a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) between two single-mode fibers (SMFs) to obtain an SMF–NCF–PCF–NCF–SMF composite structure (SNPNS). A study of the effect of varying PCF lengths on the RI reveals that the shorter the length, the higher the sensitivity. The maximum RI sensitivity of 176.9 nm/RIU is attained within the RI range of 1.3365–1.3767 when the PCF length in the SNPNS structure is 3 cm. Meanwhile, the sensor exhibits a high stability in water, with an RSD of only 0.0019% for the interference trough over a duration of two hours. This proposed sensing structure offers the advantages of a large extinction ratio, small size, low temperature sensitivity, and simple fabrication, exhibiting a great potential in RI measurements.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23046732
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Photonics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4f08bc7480a54b509948fcd211af3dd6
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11100941