Recent advancement of anti-resonant Hollow-Core fibers for sensing applications

Wenjun Ni (1) , Chunyong Yang (1) , Yiyang Luo (2) , Ran Xia (3) , Ping Lu (3) , Dora Juan Juan Hu (4) , Sylvain Danto (5) , Perry Ping Shum (6) , Lei Wei (7)

1 Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Wireless Communications
2 Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems
3 School of Optical and Electronic Information
4 Institute for Infocomm Research - I²R [Singapore]
5 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
6 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
7 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Specialty fibers have enabled a wide range of sensing applications. Particularly, with the recent advancement of anti-resonant effects, specialty fibers with hollow structures offer a unique sensing platform to achieve highly accurate and ultra-compact fiber optic sensors with large measurement ranges. This review presents an overview of recent progress in anti-resonant hollow-core fibers for sensing applications. Both regular and irregular-shaped fibers and their performance in various sensing scenarios are summarized. Finally, the challenges and possible solutions are briefly presented with some perspectives toward the future development of anti-resonant hollow-core fibers for advanced sensing.

Mots clés: specialty fiber; anti-resonant effect; hollow structure; sensing applications

Domaines: Matériaux

Wenjun Ni, Chunyong Yang, Yiyang Luo, Ran Xia, Ping Lu, et al.. Recent advancement of anti-resonant Hollow-Core fibers for sensing applications. Photonics, 2021, 8 (4), 128 (13 p.). ⟨10.3390/photonics8040128⟩. ⟨hal-03236189⟩