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For these applications, fibers with a high numerical aperture (i.e., fibers with highly germanium (Ge)-doped fused silica fiber cores) are more attractive since they are intrinsically photosensitive, as well as less sensitive to bend- and microbend-induced light attenuations. In this work, we introduce a novel method to inscribe LPGs into highly Ge-doped, single-mode fibers. By tapering the optical fiber, and thus, tailoring the effective indices of the core and cladding modes, for the first time, an LPG was inscribed into such fibers using the amplitude mask technique and a KrF excimer laser. Based on this novel method, sensitive LPG-based fiber optic sensors only a few millimeters in length can be incorporated in bend-insensitive fibers for use in various monitoring applications. Moreover, by applying the described inscription method, the LPG spectrum can be influenced and tailored according to the specific demands of a particular application.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18051363","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,27]],"date-time":"2018-04-27T12:04:50Z","timestamp":1524830690000},"page":"1363","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Long-Period Gratings in Highly Germanium-Doped, Single-Mode Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Sebastian","family":"Schlangen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kort","family":"Bremer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yulong","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sebastian","family":"B\u00f6hm","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Steinke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Felix","family":"Wellmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J\u00f6rg","family":"Neumann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9389-7125","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bernhard","family":"Roth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ludger","family":"Overmeyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"531","DOI":"10.1109\/68.841276","article-title":"Optical Bend Sensor Based on Measurement of Resonance Mode Splitting of Long-Period Fiber Grating","volume":"12","author":"Liu","year":"2000","journal-title":"IEEE Photonics Technol. 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