Advances in dispersion turning point enhanced ultrasensitive optical fiber refractive index sensors

Y Tan, Z Li, T Huang, LP Sun, BO Guan - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Optical fiber sensor operating at the dispersion turning point (DTP) has become a promising
building block for future development in biosensing application due to its ultrahigh …

Ultrasensitive Optical Fiber Sensors Working at Dispersion Turning Point

S Xu, P Kang, Z Hu, W Chang, F Huang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optical fiber sensors working at the dispersion turning point (DTP) have served as promising
candidates for various sensing applications due to their ultrahigh sensitivity. In this review …

Ultrasensitive broadband refractometer based on single stress-applying fiber at dispersion turning point

S Xu, W Chang, Y Luo, W Ni, Y Zheng… - Journal of lightwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical microfiber-based refractometer, which relies on modal interference operating near
the dispersion turning point (DTP), has attracted a high level of research interest. The …

Dual-path Mach—Zehnder interferometers with unequal geometrical path length for ultrasensitive refractive index sensing

Y Liao, H Wang, S Wang, Y Liu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-sensitivity fiber-optic interferometric refractive index sensors (FIRSs) have been of
interest to researchers due to their potential to fabricate specific physical, chemical, and …

Optical fiber refractive index sensor with low detection limit and large dynamic range using a hybrid fiber interferometer

X Li, SC Warren-Smith… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A refractive index (RI) fiber sensor with low detection limit but large dynamic range is
proposed and demonstrated using an exposed core microstructured optical fiber. The …

Ultrasensitive optical microfiber coupler based sensors operating near the turning point of effective group index difference

K Li, T Zhang, G Liu, N Zhang, M Zhang… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We propose and study an optical microfiber coupler (OMC) sensor working near the turning
point of effective group index difference between the even supermode and odd supermode …

Micro-D-shaped Fiber Laser for High-Resolution Refractive Index Sensing via Frequency Analysis

J Hu, J Li, W Lin, F Zhao, D Xiao… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-resolution refractive index (RI) detection is of great significance in many fields such as
biomedical detection. Traditional optical fiber RI sensors based on spectral wavelength …

Microwave-photonic optical fiber interferometers for refractive index sensing with high sensitivity and a tunable dynamic range

C Zhu, J Huang - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We propose and demonstrate an extremely simple yet novel sensing strategy for
measurements of a refractive index (RI) based on microwave-photonic optical fiber …

High-sensitivity, large dynamic range refractive index measurement using an optical microfiber coupler

J Wang, X Li, J Fu, K Li - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wavelength tracking methods are widely employed in fiber-optic interferometers, but they
suffer from the problem of fringe order ambiguity, which limits the dynamic range within half …

A review of sensitivity enhancement in interferometer-based fiber sensors

Z Wen, Z Guan, J Dong, H Li, Y Cai, S Gao - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical fiber sensors based on an interferometer structure play a significant role in
monitoring physical, chemical, and biological parameters in natural environments. However …