Temperature sensing by using whispering gallery modes with hollow core fibers

We describe temperature sensing by hollow core fibers using whispering gallery modes of a spherical microresonator. Light from a tunable laser was coupled into the input end of the hollow core fiber. Optical resonances were excited in a microsphere inserted in the modified output end. Part of the light was coupled back from the resonator into the hollow core fiber and transported back to the input end. This light was recorded via a beam splitter by a diode. The sensing principle is based on the shift of the optical resonances by changing the temperature of the resonator. This shift is monitored and leads to the temperature of the resonator and surrounding respectively.

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