Abstract

We have shown that strongly overcoupled resonant modes of long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) can be used to assess the adulteration of olive oil. In this background, we investigate the response characteristics of strongly overcoupled resonant modes of different orders to a surrounding medium, the refractive index (RI) of which is greater than that of the fiber cladding, and in the range where a precise refractive index measurement is immensely useful for inspecting the quality of olive oils and other edible oils. A theoretical simulation that would help in designing a sensor with suitable sensitivity and range of measurement has been presented in detail and also validated with experimental results. It was interesting to observe that in a high RI surrounding, a lower order overcoupled resonant mode is much more sensitive as compared to a higher-order one having a similar coupling coefficient. A quantitative analysis demonstrates that for a particular LPFG, the sensitivity of a strongly overcoupled ${\mathrm{LP}}_{06}$ mode was found to be $\sim 2000\mathrm{dB}/\mathrm{RIU}$, while that of the ${\mathrm{LP}}_{07}$ mode having similar coupling strength was $\sim 550\mathrm{dB}/\mathrm{RIU}$ in the surrounding refractive index range from 1.458 to 1.520. The results have been validated experimentally.

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