Long period grating inscribed by femtosecond laser for refractive index measurements in aqueous environments

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作者
Melo, Luis Brito [1 ]
Ahmed, Farid [1 ]
Jun, Martin [1 ]
Wild, Peter [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Victoria, Dept Mech Engn, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada
关键词
Long period gratings; refractive index measurements; femtosecond laser; high sensitivity; FIBER GRATINGS; SENSITIVITY; FABRICATION; SENSORS; FILTERS; PULSES;
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10.1117/12.970268
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TP7 [遥感技术];
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081102 ; 0816 ; 081602 ; 083002 ; 1404 ;
摘要
A sensor based on a Long Period Grating (LPG) for measurement of the refractive index (RI) of liquids with RI close to that of water is reported. An LPG was written by a femtosecond laser (F-LPG) operating at 800nm, utilizing a point-by-point technique. The performance of the F-LPG is compared with an LPG written by ultraviolet irradiation (UV-LPG). For low RIs, the sensitivities of the F-LPG and UV-LPG are 130 nm/RIU and 3.1 nm/RIU, respectively. For higher RI, the F-LPG exhibited sensitivity as high as 249 nm/RIU. For the low range of RI, the resolution of F-LPG was 3.8 x 10(-5).
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