Vector bending sensor based on chirped long-period grating with off-axis micro-helix taper

Jian Zhou; Xuelan He; Hongzhou Chen; Ziyang Xiong; Jing Yang; Chunying Guan; Libo Yuan

doi:10.3788/COL202321.060604

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 6, 060604(2023)

Vector bending sensor based on chirped long-period grating with off-axis micro-helix taper

Jian Zhou¹, Xuelan He^1、*, Hongzhou Chen¹, Ziyang Xiong¹, Jing Yang¹, Chunying Guan^1、**, and Libo Yuan²

¹Key Laboratory of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry of Education, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

²Photonics Research Center, Guilin University of Electronics Technology, Guilin 541004, China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: Jan. 2, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 4, 2023

Published Online: Jun. 7, 2023

The Author Email: Xuelan He (hexuelan@hrbeu.edu.cn), Chunying Guan (cyguan@163.com)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.060604

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