Abstract-A simple and compact sensor based on a cascaded FBG/droplet-like fiber structure is proposed for simultaneous measurement of refractive index (RI) and temperature. The sensor can be easily constructed by mechanically bending a section of coating-stripped single-mode fiber at a FBG's pigtail. In the transmission spectrum, two kinds of dips induced by FBG and droplet-like structure are observed. The central wavelength of the dip caused by droplet-like structure is susceptible to both of surrounding RI and temperature while that caused by FBG is only dependent on temperature. A sensor with a 9.5 mm diameter of droplet-like structure is fabricated and experimentally studied. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed sensor and show that sensor possesses a high RI sensitivity of 157.8891 nm/RIU for the RI range from 1.3330 to 1.3785 and a temperature sensitivity of 10.3 pm/ o C.Index Terms-Optical fiber sensors, refractive index, temperature, Bragg grating, droplet-like structure.1530-437X (c)
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.