Study of single mode tapered fiber-optic interferometer of different waist diameters and its application as a temperature sensor

T. K. Yadav; M. A. Mustapa; M. H. Abu Bakar; M. A. Mahdi

doi:10.2971/jeos.2014.14024

Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 9 (2014)

Study of single mode tapered fiber-optic interferometer of different waist diameters and its application as a temperature sensor

T. K. Yadav, M. A. Mustapa, M. H. Abu Bakar, M. A. Mahdi

Abstract

We have proposed a study on single-mode tapered optical fiber for temperature sensing application. A theoretical analysis and its experimental validation were carried out to study the taper profile for highly sensitive temperature sensor. Experiments were performed to observe a wavelength shift of transmission spectra with different taper profiles. The effects of taper profiles on the sensitivity of the sensor were also investigated. Our results indicate that the tapered fiber-based temperature sensor has sensitivity in the range of 0.01143 to 0.03406 nm/C. The findings also demonstrate that the sensor sensitivity can be adjusted with variation to the taper profile.

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