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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.2.234

Transmission and Sensing Characteristics of the Biconically Tapered Cladded Multimode Fibers

Kim, Kwang-Taek (Division of Electronic and Photonic Engineering, Honam University)
Hong, Ki-Bum (Division of Electronic and Photonic Engineering, Honam University)
Park, Jae-Hee (Department of Electronic Engineering, Keimyung University)

Publication Information

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea / v.13, no.2, 2009 , pp. 234-239 More about this Journal

Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical and experimental investigation of the transmission and sensing characteristics of the biconically tapered cladded multimode fibers. The beam propagation method was used to examine the transmission characteristics with various structural parameters. The results show that the transmission of the biconically tapered cladded multimode fibers is sensitive to the mode of the input optical beam and the refractive index of the external medium. A refractive index sensor for the external medium was proposed based on the theoretical analysis, and its feasibility was demonstrated experimentally.

Keywords

Multimode fiber taper; Fiber-optic refractive index sensor; Beam propagation method;

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