Optical Fiber Sensors

14Active Core Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors and Applications

Shiquan Tao

Contents

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Principle of AC-OFCS and EW-OFCS

14.2.1 OFCS with an Optical Fiber Core as a Transducer

14.2.2 OFCS with Tailored Cladding as a Transducer

14.3 Comparison of AC-OFCS and EW-OFCS

14.4 AC-OFCS and Applications

14.4.1 AC-OFCS Using Tailor-Made PSOF as Transducers

14.4.2 AC-OFCS Using LCWs as Transducers

14.4.3 AC-OFCS Using HWGs as Transducers

14.5 Conclusion

References

14.1 Introduction

The broad acceptance of fiber-optic technologies in communication industry not only changed information transformation and how we communicate with each other but also brought important impacts in science and engineering. For example, it brings many low-cost, ...