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Deposition of an overlay with electrostactic self-assembly method in long period fiber gratings

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2005

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Optical Society of America
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

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It was proved that the deposition of an overlay material onto a long-period fiber grating causes important shifts in the wavelengths of the typical attenuation bands that are caused by coupling between cladding and core modes [Opt. Lett. 27, 682 (2002)]. A theoretical model for analyzing a multilayer cylindrical waveguide is presented that permits the phenomenon to be understood and predicted. An overlay of higher refractive index than the cladding starts to guide a mode if a certain thickness value is exceeded. This causes large shifts in the resonance wavelength induced by the grating. One important application of this phenomenon to sensors is enhancement of the sensitivity of a long-period fiber grating to ambient conditions. Theoretical results are corroborated with experimental ones obtained by electrostatic self-assembly.

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Long period fiber Bragg gratings, Optical fiber sensors, Thin-films, Coupled-mode theory

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Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa

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This research was supported by Spanish Comisíon Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología research grant TIC 2003-00909, by the Gobierno de Navarra, and by the Formacion de Profesorado Universitario Ministerio de Educacion Cultura y Deporte fellow- ships.

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