title: Sensing features of long period gratings in hollow core fibers.
abstract: We report on the investigation of the sensing features of the Long-Period fiber Gratings (LPGs) fabricated in hollow core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs) by the pressure assisted Electric Arc Discharge (EAD) technique. In particular, the characterization of the LPG in terms of shift in resonant wavelengths and changes in attenuation band depth to the environmental parameters: strain, temperature, curvature, refractive index and pressure is presented. The achieved results show that LPGs in HC-PCFs represent a novel high performance sensing platform for measurements of different physical parameters including strain, temperature and, especially, for measurements of environmental pressure. The pressure sensitivity enhancement is about four times greater if we compare LPGs in HC and standard fibers. Moreover, differently from LPGs in standard fibers, these LPGs realized in innovative fibers, i.e., the HC-PCFs, are not sensitive to surrounding refractive index.
authors: Engineering Department, University of Naples "Parthenope", Centro Direzionale Isola C4, 80143 Napoli, Italy. iadicicco@uniparthenope.it.
authors: Agostino
authors: A
authors: Iadicicco
authors: Engineering Department, University of Naples "Parthenope", Centro Direzionale Isola C4, 80143 Napoli, Italy. campopiano@uniparthenope.it.
authors: Stefania
authors: S
authors: Campopiano
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055100:Optical Fibers