动态匹配光栅解调方法波长读出优化研究

提出了采用一支价格低廉的微测力传感器作为匹配光栅解调系统的波长读出单元,不同于以往动态匹配光栅解调法采用拉伸匹配光栅的PZT驱动电压作为解调系统波长读出单元.当匹配光栅和传感光栅布喇格中心波长重叠时,光电探测器将接收到最大光信号.利用光纤光栅轴向受力和反射波长漂移的数学关系得到光纤光栅传感器的波长漂移.该解调系统解决了传统动态匹配解调系统中PZT本身特性对系统的影响,探测到的光纤光栅传感器反射波长和匹配光栅轴向受力大小具有很好的线性,系统线性大于0.999.本系统对于探测布喇格传感器应变分辩率达到1 με以下.     

压电陶瓷驱动的动态匹配光栅滤波解调法优化

提出并实验验证了一种动态匹配光栅滤波系统的优化解调方法.在压电陶瓷驱动的动态匹配(光纤)光栅滤波解调系统中,一方面采用上升高压锯齿波,以消除压电陶瓷滞回效应;另一方面将压电陶瓷电压与伸长量关系的反函数作为锯齿波上升电压,以校正压电陶瓷的非线性;进而,为实现解调系统的温度补偿,引入一根中心波长保持不变的参考(光纤)光栅.在锯齿波上升过程中,匹配光栅与参考光栅和传感(光纤)光栅在不同时刻匹配,匹配时间差仅与传感光栅有关,而与解调系统温度无关.实验结果表明,优化后系统的线性度可提高2%,灵敏度与理论值的相对误差小于0.6%;在10～60℃范围内,该解调系统温度变化引起的相对误差小于1%.     

温度/应变/扭曲三参量同时测量低成本传感系统

提出了一种利用布喇格光纤光栅反射光作信号源、高频CO2激光脉冲写入的长周期光纤光栅和超周期光纤光栅作传感器实现温度、应变和扭曲同时测量的全光栅型低成本强度解调传感方案.文中利用长周期光纤光栅边缘滤波效应实现了温度、应变和扭曲传感信号的实时解调.实验结果表明,其温度和应变的测量灵敏度分别为－0.211 dB/℃和－0.012 dB/10με;而扭曲率的测量灵敏度为0.4394 dB/(rad·m－1),是该法写入普通LPFG的4倍以上.     

埋入式光纤光栅应变测量系统的设计

埋入式光纤光栅应变传感器作为大型土木结构健康监测的智能元件具有很好的发展前景。讨论了埋入式光纤光栅应变传感器的传感机理，设计了埋入式光纤光栅应变测量系统。从力学角度阐述了光栅传感探头的结构和制作工艺。采用可调谐F-P滤波器对光栅信号进行解调，解决了应变与温度交叉敏感问题。系统对应变的测量范围为0～1500με。通过理论分析证实了系统方案的可行性。     

一种新型的Bragg光纤光栅电流传感器的设计

提出了一种新型的光纤光栅高压电流传感器。该系统由Bragg光纤光栅电流测量部分和温度补偿部分组成。在测量过程中,采用了匹配光栅解调方法,其动态测量范围比通常的干涉法光纤电流传感器大,且系统不受外界电磁干扰的影响,可实现高压电流的在线测量。     

可分离温度影响的FBG应变测量方法

光纤布拉格光栅在通信和传感领域具有广泛的应用。利用光纤布拉格光栅中心波长的偏移，可以测量温度和应变等多种物理量，但必须解决光栅对温度和应变的交叉敏感问题。该文简要分析了光纤光栅作为传感器的基本原理及其优点，设计了利用参考光栅法分离温度影响以及利用掺铒光纤的自发发射放大特性分离温度影响的2种应变测量方法。最后，介绍了一种利用倾斜光纤光栅的主模和边模对布拉格光栅中心波长的偏移进行解调的方法，该方法成功地分离了温度对应变测量的影响。     

具有温度补偿功能的光纤光栅传感解调系统

从理论和实验上研究了三角形光纤布拉格光栅的温度特性,结果表明：三角形光纤布拉格光栅谐振波长的温度变化率与普通光纤光栅的相同,并且其光谱形状不随温度的变化而改变。利用三角形光纤光栅光谱的这一温度特性,设计了一种具有温度补偿功能的应变传感解调系统。该系统利用斜线光纤光栅将光纤光栅应变传感的波长编码信息转换为强度,并且用信号强度与参考光强度的比值作为应变的度量值。研究表明,应变与应变度量值成线性关系,同时系统具有温度补偿功能。在三种不同的温度条件下,对悬臂梁的应变测试结果显示：在实验测量范围内,温度变化1℃导致的应变测量误差小于6微应变。由于采用信号强度和参考光强度的比值作为应变的度量值,避免了宽带光源的平坦度及波动对测量结果的影响。     

阵列波导光栅解调的准分布式光纤光栅传感器

从理论上和实验上研究了一种操作简单、响应速度快,价格低廉和高分辨率的基于阵列波导光栅(AWG)的准分布式光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)传感器.该传感系统采用了阵列波导光栅双通道强度解调技术对光纤光栅的布拉格波长和温度进行精确的解调.实验结果表明,该系统对宽带宽光纤光栅的布拉格波长和温度解调均具有高线性度,考虑系统稳定性及光纤布拉格光栅之间的串扰影响,波长测量精度仍可达2 pm,温度测量精度优于0.2℃.     

优化光纤光栅传感器匹配光栅解调方法的研究

利用悬臂梁调谐和两个并联二次反射匹配解调光栅的方法实现了光纤布喇格光栅(FBG)传感器的高精度大范围应变传感测量.通过并联方式,选择合适的匹配光栅波长,增大了可检测的应变范围,同时解决了双值问题.应变传感信号经两路解调光栅解调,并由数据采集卡采集后,由计算机进行两路并联信号的综合处理后获取更准确的结果,使得系统性能得到提升和优化.试验结果与理论分析一致.     

光强检测型光纤光栅温变不敏感动态压力传感研究

报道了基于光纤光栅反射谱带宽调制和光强差分检测技术实现单一光纤光栅温变不敏感动态压力传感的新方法。设计了一种结构新颖的双孔梁压力传感装置,依据双孔梁有限元受力分析将光纤光栅准确定位于线性梯度应变区,压力作用下光纤光栅反射谱对称展宽,反射光强线性正比于压力变化。基于光波导理论和材料力学原理推导了线性梯度应变场作用下光栅反射谱带宽、反射光强与压力之间的响应关系。利用光强差分检测技术取代传统波长解调方法,简化解调过程的同时传感系统免受温变影响。实验表明,在-10~80℃的温度变化范围内,系统测量误差小于总量程(120kPa)的1.8%,动态响应速度约80Hz,重复测量系统输出稳定,具有较好的应用价值。     

A cheap and practical FBG temperature sensor utilizing a long-period grating in a photonic crystal fiber

A whole temperature sensor in one package utilizing a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) made in a conventional single-mode fiber and which uses a long-period grating (LPG) made in a photonic crystal fiber is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The function of the interrogation is that the wavelength change of the FBG with environmental temperature is transferred to the intensity of the output via the LPG. Utilizing the temperature-insensitivity of the LPG in the PCF, the interrogation is stable and enables a cheap and practical temperature measurement system with a wide dynamic range.     

On a fiber grating sensor system with the capacity of cross-sensitivity discrimination

A novel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor system based on an interrogating technique by two parallel matched gratings was designed and theoretically discussed. With an interrogation grating playing the role of temperature compensation grating simultaneously, the wavelength drifts induced by temperature and strain were discriminated. Additionally, the expressions of temperature and strain were deduced for our solution, and dual-value problem and cross sensitivity were solved synchronously through data processing. The influence of the FBG's parameters on the dynamic range and precision was discussed. Besides, the change of environment temperature cannot influence the dynamic range of the sensor system through temperature tuning. The system proposed in this paper will be of great significance to accelerate the real engineering applications of FBG sensing techniques.     

A linearity interrogation technique with enlarged dynamic range for fiber Bragg grating sensing

An exact linearity interrogation technique with enlarged dynamic range for fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor has been analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The technique bases on two matched FBGs for receiving the reflected signal from the sensor FBG and two photodiodes (PDs) for collecting the reflected signal from the two receiver FBGs. The linear expression between the nature logarithm of the output ratio of the two PDs and Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG is obtained on the condition that the bandwidths of the two receiver FBGs being equal to each other. The wavelength of the sensor FBG can be interrogated simply and accurately by the linearity technique according to the expression. In addition, a new tunable paralleled matched gratings interrogation scheme is proposed. The interrogation range can be enlarged and multiple FBG sensors can be interrogated simultaneously with the tunable interrogation scheme.     

基于匹配光纤光栅法布里-珀罗干涉仪的应变解调方法

提出并实验验证了一种基于匹配光纤光栅法布里-珀罗干涉仪的应变传感器解调方法,该方法综合了光纤法布里-珀罗干涉技术和匹配光纤光栅滤波法的优点.通过半导体制冷片和压电陶瓷组成的闭环负反馈控制系统,精确调节匹配光栅法布里-珀罗干涉仪的温度和应变,有效解决了光栅法布里-珀罗干涉仪的失配问题,从而保证系统静态工作点处于最佳匹配位置,同时能够避免探头因环境温度波动导致的测量误差.实验结果表明,该系统能够响应50～800Hz的输入信号,应变最小分辨力至少为0.4nε/Hz1/2,解调灵敏度高,且不受环境温度波动的影响,因而在动态应变或振动测量中具有较高的实用性.     

基于阵列波导光纤温度特性的分布式光纤布喇格光栅解调法

设计了一种使用阵列波导光栅对分布式光纤布喇格光栅中心波长较大范围变化的解调方法.根据阵列波导光栅各通道的中心波长可随温度变化而改变的特性,通过控制软件循环地在几分钟内使加在阵列波导光栅的芯片温度从30℃线性增加到90℃,同时用微机高速采集各通道的数据并分别找出各通道数据的最大值时刻所对应的阵列波导光栅芯片温度,从而根据其波长-温度关系在微机上报告此时各光纤布喇格光栅的中心波长.实验结果表明,系统有效地解决了分布式解调的问题,微机以小于10min的周期报告出每通道0.6nm范围变化的光纤布喇格光栅中心波长(共40个通道),测量相对误差小于2%.     

A novel fiber Bragg grating high-temperature sensor

A novel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor for the measurement of high temperature is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The interrogation system of the sensor system is simple, low cost but effective. The sensor head is comprised of one FBG and two metal rods. The lengths of the rods are different from each other. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the rods are also different from each other. The FBG will be strained by the sensor head when the temperature to be measured changes. The temperature is measured basis of the wavelength shifts of the FBG induced by strain. A dynamic range of 0–800 °C and a resolution of 1 °C have been obtained by the sensor system. The experiment results agree with theoretical analyses.     

Study and design of a low cost optical pickup based on double FBGs

A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) pickup exploiting Intensity Modulation-Direct Detection (IM-DD) interrogation system was put forward in this paper. The feasibility of detecting the vibration of the guitar was revealed by FFT analysis. There was certain correlation between the FBG pickup and the magnetic pickup. A high signal-to-noise ratio (42.85 dB) was obtained. The FBG pickup has a frequency response range (0–3000 Hz) that is comparable to the reference pickup. The results indicated that the proposed pickup is effective to pick up the vibration. A simple structure design and low-cost interrogation system set-ups were proposed.     

Multiplexed reflective-matched optical fiber grating interrogation technique

The multiplexed-reflective matched fiber grating interrogation technique was presented in this paper.The interrogation technique was based on the use of two (or more) wavelength-matched fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) to receive the reflected signal from the sensing FBG. The two (or more) matched gratings were arranged parallelly and used as filters to convert wavelength into intensity encoded information for interrogation. Theoretical and experimental results demonstrated that the interrogation system is immune to the source fluctuation and cross-sensitivity effect between temperature and strain, and also can enlarge the dynamic range.     

Design and experiments on a wide range fiber Bragg grating sensor for health monitoring of coal mines

The tunnel collapse problem of coal mine is very common and its damage is very serious. It also seriously endangers people's lives and property safety. At present, a variety of instruments are used for tunnel roof structure health monitoring in most of the coal mines at home and abroad. In this paper, a displacement sensor using optical fiber grating technology was designed, which could be used to prevent the problem of coal mine tunnel collapse by monitoring the coal mine tunnel roof displacement. Firstly, finite element analysis was demonstrated to simulate the stress and displacement of coal mine tunnel roof to determine where to install the sensor. Then the characteristics of the fiber Bragg grating sensor were analyzed in detail and the sensor structure was designed according to the actual requirements in the coal mine. At last, the feasibility of the whole system was experimentally verified. The cross-sensitivity of the temperature and displacement issue with FBG sensors could be eliminated by using matched pairs of FBG. The measuring range of 50 mm and the measurement resolution up to 0.06 mm could be obtained with the proposed sensor.