In this paper we describe and evaluate three novel types of fiber-optic sensors based on Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs) which have been developed recently at our Photonics Research Center at Universite du Quebec en Outaouais (UQO). Three different sensing mechanisms and, correspondingly, three different types of PCFs were employed to fabricate these devices. All three sensors displayed superior performance than similar sensors developed using standard optical fibers.

Date Published: 8 September 2006
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 6343, Photonics North 2006, 634314 (8 September 2006);

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6343:
Photonics North 2006
Pierre Mathieu, Editor(s)