Abstract
We present a numerical analysis of the response of arc-induced long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) under ambient refractive-index changes using standard fibers with SiO2 as cladding material and different GeO2 concentration in the SiO2-GeO2 doped core. We obtain that the LPFG-sensitivity is increased using lower GeO2 concentrations and it follows a parabolic behavior. Also, we identify two linear regimes using an external index of 1.37: for GeO2 concentrations between 2 and 3.5 mol %, the LPFG-sensitivity changes with a rate of 3.614 nm per mole fraction of GeO2, while for higher concentrations the sensitivity changes with a rate of 1.39 nm/mol %. Additionally, for fibers with 2 mol% of GeO2, the sensitivity calculated is comparable to this obtained in previous works using corrugated and tapered LPFGs in SMF28 fibers. These results are of interest for the design of improved LPFG-sensors.
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