Simultaneous temperature and strain sensing based on a supermode interferometer

Zhifeng Wang; Jing Wen; Mengshi Zhu; Heming Wei; Liang Zhang; Fufei Pang

doi:10.3788/COL202523.011202

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 1, 011202(2025)

Simultaneous temperature and strain sensing based on a supermode interferometer

Zhifeng Wang, Jing Wen, Mengshi Zhu, Heming Wei, Liang Zhang, and Fufei Pang^*

Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

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