Open AccessSensing characteristics of the rocking filters in microstructured fibers optimized for hydrostatic pressure measurements
Author(s) -
Alicja Anuszkiewicz,
Gabriela Statkiewicz-Barabach,
T. Borsukowski,
J. Olszewski,
Tadeusz Martynkien,
Wacław Urbańczyk,
Paweł Mergo,
Mariusz Makara,
Krzysztof Poturaj,
Thomas Geernaert,
Francis Berghmans,
Hugo Thienpont
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.023320
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , sensitivity (control systems) , hydrostatic pressure , ranging , filter (signal processing) , optical fiber , fiber , pressure measurement , pressure sensor , composite material , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , physics , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering , computer vision , thermodynamics
We report on the sensing characteristics of rocking filters fabricated in two microstructured fibers with enhanced polarimetric sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure. The filter fabricated in the first fiber shows a very high sensitivity to pressure ranging from 16.2 to 43.4 nm/MPa, depending on the resonance order and features an extremely low cross-sensitivity between pressure and temperature 28 ÷ 89 × 10(3) K/MPa. The filter fabricated in the second fiber has an extreme sensitivity to pressure ranging from -72.6 to -177 nm/MPa, but a less favorable cross-sensitivity between pressure and temperature of 1.05 ÷ 3.50 × 10(3) K/MPa. These characteristics allow using the rocking filters for pressure measurements with mbar resolution.