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Journal
Description: 
We present and discuss an investigation of the sensing features of long period gratings fabricated in a polarization-maintaining Panda optical fiber, by means of the electric arc discharge technique. In particular, the investigation regards the resonant wavelength shift of first three cladding modes as function of three environmental parameters, such as strain, temperature, and surrounding medium refractive index. We also investigate and discuss the variations of the sensing behavior as a function of the polarization input state. The achieved results show that the sensitivity of each resonant wavelength to environmental parameters is modulated by the cladding mode order and by polarization input light, with some appealing characteristics. For instance, the lowest order cladding mode in slow polarization state is practically insensitive to temperature and surrounding refractive index, but sensitive to strain. Temperature …
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
21 Sep 2017
Authors: 

Rajeev Ranjan, Flavio Esposito, Stefania Campopiano, Agostino Iadicicco

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Volume: 17 Issue: 21 Pages: 6953-6959
Origin: 
IEEE Sensors Journal