Photonic lanterns are made by adiabatically merging several single-mode cores into one
multimode core. They provide low-loss interfaces between single-mode and multimode …

This paper presents a comprehensive critical review of technologies used in the
development of fibre optic shape sensors (FOSSs). Their operation is based on multi …

Photonic-Crystal Fibers Page 1 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 24, NO. 12,
DECEMBER 2006 4729 Photonic-Crystal Fibers Philip St.J. Russell, Member, IEEE Invited …

We investigate the microhole collapse property of different photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and
its effect on the splice loss using an electric arc fusion splicer. The physical mechanism of …

A taper transition can couple light between a multimode fiber and several single-mode
fibers. If the number of single-mode fibers matches the number of spatial modes in the …

The “photonic lantern,” an optical fibre device that has emerged from the field of
astrophotonics, allows for a single-mode photonic function to take place within a multimode …

A review of optical fiber sensing demonstrations based on photonic crystal fibers is
presented. The text is organized in five main sections: the first three deal with sensing …

Multimode optical fibers have been primarily (and almost solely) used as “light pipes” in
short distance telecommunications and in remote and astronomical spectroscopy. The …

Flammable or poisonous gasses in the air are capable of destroying a geographical area of
causing a fire, fulmination, and venomous exposure. This paper presents a micro-cored …

In this paper, a highly sensitive gas sensor based on the microstructure core and cladding
photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is presented over the wavelength range from 1.3 to 2.2 μm …