title: Temperature- and strain-insensitive curvature sensor based on ring-core modes in dual-concentric-core fiber.
abstract: We report on a high-performance curvature sensor based on a long-period grating (LPG) in a dual-concentric-core fiber (DCCF). The LPG is inscribed to couple light from the fundamental mode of the central core to the ring-core modes, resulting in the generation of a series of resonant dips. Two adjacent dips shift toward each other when the LPG is bent. By monitoring the variation of the wavelength interval between these two dips, this LPG can be applied in curvature measurement with a sensitivity as high as -9.046  nm/m(-1). More importantly, such a wavelength interval is almost immune to the cross impacts of temperature and axial strain, since the sensitivities to temperature and axial strain are only 2.6 pm/°C and 0.083 pm/με, respectively.
authors.forename: Zhifang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Perry Ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.forename: Xuguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Hailiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tianye
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Humbert
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Auguste
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gérome
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Blondy
authors.forename: Xuan Quyen
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Dinh