Improved gas sensor with air-core photonic bandgap fiber

doi:10.1007/s12200-015-0447-5

Front. Optoelectron.

2015, Vol. 8

Issue (3) : 314-318 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-015-0447-5

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Improved gas sensor with air-core photonic bandgap fiber

Saeed OLYAEE(

),Hassan ARMAN(

)

Nano-Photonic and Optoelectronic Research Laboratory (NORLab), Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran 16788-15811, Iran

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Abstract

The propagation loss of a fiber can be increased by coupling core mode and surface mode which will deteriorate the performance of photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF). In this paper, we presented an air-core PBGF for gas sensing applications. By designing Λ = 2.63 µm, d = 0.95 Λ, and R_core= 1.13 Λ, where Λ is the distance between the adjacent air holes, the fiber was single-mode, no surface mode was supported with fiber, and more than 90% of the optical power was confined in the core. Furthermore, with optimizing the fiber structural parameters, at wavelength of λ = 1.55 µm that is in acetylene gas absorption line, significant relative sensitivity of 92.5%, and acceptable confinement loss of 0.09 dB/m, were simultaneously achieved.

Keywords gas sensor photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF) sensitivity surface modes air core radius confinement loss

Corresponding Author(s): Saeed OLYAEE

Just Accepted Date: 04 June 2015 Online First Date: 30 June 2015 Issue Date: 18 September 2015

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Saeed OLYAEE,Hassan ARMAN. Improved gas sensor with air-core photonic bandgap fiber[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2015, 8(3): 314-318.

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Fig.1 Cross section of the proposed fiber

Fig.2 Band diagram of proposed fiber

Fig.3 Optical field distribution in PBGF for the core radius of (a) R_core = 1.22 Λ, (b) R_core = 1.10 Λ, and (c) R_core = 1.13 Λ (the optimum case)

Fig.4 Relative sensitivity versus air-core radius

Fig.5 Confinement loss versus air-filling factor

Fig.6 Confinement loss with respect to the air-core radius

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