title: Mode power distribution effect in white-light multimode fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor systems.
abstract: Theoretical and experimental results have shown that mode power distribution (MPD) variations could significantly vary the phase of spectral fringes from multimode fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric (MMF-EFPI) sensor systems, owing to the fact that different modes introduce different extra phase shifts resulting from the coupling of modes reflected at the second surface to the lead-in fiber end. This dependence of fringe pattern on MPD could cause measurement errors in signal demodulation methods of white-light MMF-EFPI sensors that implement the phase information of the fringes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Photonics Technology, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia 24061-0111, USA. mhan@vt.edu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Anbo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang