Multicore optical fibers gained a lot of interest in the different fields of fiber sensing. This is mainly due to the possibility of carrying out simultaneous measurements on each core and simplicity of such fiber fabrication. A disadvantage of multicore fibers is related to the complex introducing and detecting light from the individual cores. In this paper we discuss two classes of multicore fiber sensors and optical fiber elements for addressing individual cores in this kind of fibers.

Date Published: 2 June 2014
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 915739 (2 June 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2059669

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9157:
23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
José M. López-Higuera; Julian D. C. Jones; Manuel López-Amo; José Luis Santos, Editor(s)