title: Temperature performance of a macrobending single-mode fiber-based refractometer.
abstract: We present, theoretically and experimentally, an investigation of temperature dependence of a macrobending single-mode fiber-based refractometer utilizing a ratiometric scheme. The conventional scalar approximation method is utilized for predicting the temperature dependent loss of the proposed fiber refractometer. An all-fiber ratiometric measurement system is built to allow the comparison of modeled and measured results. Calculated and measured results for an SMF28 refractometer are in good agreement and confirm the effect of temperature on refractive index measurements. Both calculated and measured ratio responses monotonically change with temperature, which allows for a temperature correction process.
authors.affiliation: Photonics Research Center, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland. pengfei.wang@dit.ie
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuliya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Semenova
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013696:Temperature