Ultrasensitive liquid level sensor based on slice-shaped composite long period fiber grating

Xiren Jin; Zeju Rui; Zihang Xiang; Chupeng Lu; Shuo Zhang; Xian Xu; Mingyang Lü; Yiwei Ma; Cuiting Sun; Xinghua Yang; Tao Geng; Weimin Sun; Libo Yuan

doi:10.3788/COL202220.011202

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 1, 011202(2022)

Ultrasensitive liquid level sensor based on slice-shaped composite long period fiber grating

Xiren Jin¹, Zeju Rui¹, Zihang Xiang¹, Chupeng Lu¹, Shuo Zhang¹, Xian Xu¹, Mingyang Lü¹, Yiwei Ma¹, Cuiting Sun², Xinghua Yang¹, Tao Geng^1、*, Weimin Sun^1、**, and Libo Yuan³

Author Affiliations

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

²Acoustic Science and Technology Laboratory, College of Underwater Acoustic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

³Photonics Research Center, Guilin University of Electronics Technology, Guilin 541004, China

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