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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

A Novel Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using Eccentric-Core Fiber Design for Optical Coherence Tomography.

Qiao Xiong, Xinglin Tong, Chengwei Deng, Cui Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Zhiyuan Zheng, Fang Liu

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Qiao XiongNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. 18202768827@163.com.
Xinglin TongNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. tongxinglin@whut.edu.cn.
Chengwei DengNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. dchw@163.com.
Cui ZhangNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. zc@whut.edu.cn.
Pengfei WangNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. 13545031181@163.com.
Zhiyuan ZhengNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. manjyun3180@gmail.com.
Fang LiuNational Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. liumingfang303@outlook.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer using eccentric-core fiber (ECF) design for optical coherence tomography (OCT) is proposed and demonstrated. Instead of the commercial single-mode fiber (SMF), the ECF is used as one interference arm of the implementation. Because of the offset location of the eccentric core, it is sensitive to directional bending and the optical path difference (OPD) of two interference arms can be adjusted with high precision. The birefringence of ECF is calculated and experimentally measured, which demonstrates the polarization sensitivity of the ECF proposed in the paper is similar to that of SMF. Such a structure can replace the reference optical delay line to form an all-fiber passive device. A mirror is used as a sample for analyzing the ECF bending responses of the system. Besides, four pieces of overlapping glass slides as sample are experimentally measured as well.

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eccentric core fiberMach-Zehnder interferometeroptical coherence tomography

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PMID29757246
PMCPMC5981871

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