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Hydrofluoric acid (HF) was used stepwise in order to reduce the optical fiber diameter from 125 \u00b5m to 13 \u00b5m. After each etching step, TFBGs were calibrated using two ranges of RI solutions: the first one with high RI variation (from 1.33679 RIU to 1.37078 RIU) and the second with low RI variation (from 1.34722 RIU to 1.34873 RIU). RI sensitivity was analyzed in terms of wavelength shift and intensity change of the grating resonances. The highest amplitude sensitivities obtained are 1008 dB\/RIU for the high RI range and 8160 dB\/RIU for the low RI range, corresponding to the unetched TFBG. The highest wavelength sensitivities are 38.8 nm\/RIU for a fiber diameter of 100 \u00b5m for the high RI range, and 156 nm\/RIU for a diameter of 40 \u00b5m for the small RI range. In addition, the effect of the etching process on the spectral intensity of the cladding modes, their wavelength separation and sensor linearity (R2) were studied as well. 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