Abstract

A simple and reliable fringe-counting method is used to determine the fiber static elastic response in fiber-optic sensors and modulators. Large strain hysteresis and nonlinearity have been observed in the commonly employed configuration of bonding a bare fiber onto a strain element. Jacketed fibers show reduced hysteresis and nonlinearity in their elastic response. Reductions in hysteresis from 23% to 1% of the maximum strain and in the nonlinearity by a factor of 3 have been measured.

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