一种基于光子晶体光纤的高灵敏度Sagnac型温度传感器建模研究

为提高Sagnac型温度传感器的测温范围和灵敏度，提供了一种具有高双折射高温度灵敏度特性的光子晶体光纤设计方法。通过在光纤空气孔内填充温敏液体材料，使光纤具有良好的温敏特性。在COMSOL中建立该光子晶体光纤的电磁场模型并对光纤特性进行分析计算，利用有限元法分析结构参数对双折射和光纤双折射温度灵敏度的影响，并在所确定结构基础上研究了温敏液体的填充方式和填充液体类型对光纤温敏特性的影响。确定了最优的结构和液体填充方式，最优情况下该光纤的双折射温度灵敏度能够达到2.050 7×10^-5/℃，在1 550 nm处可获得5.96×10^-2的双折射。将2 mm光子晶体光纤应用于Sagnac型温度传感器中并进行传感性能仿真分析，利用多项式拟合的方法对结果数据进行拟合以分析传感器的温度灵敏度，提高拟合准确性、减小测量误差。结果表明在0～75℃范围内传感器平均灵敏度可达11.28 nm/℃，与现有典型Sagnac型温度传感器相比，本文Sagnac型温度传感器在尽量减小光纤长度的基础上获得了较高的温度灵敏度，并且测温范围更大、准确性更高。因此，该传感器在温度测...     

基于二阶Loyt-Sagnac干涉仪的灵敏度增强温度传感器

通过在基于高双折射光纤Sagnac干涉仪的Sagnac环内增加一段高双折射光纤并控制两段高双折射光纤的熔接角度,设计制作了二阶Loyt-Sagnac干涉仪结构.利用Jones矩阵对反射谱特性进行了理论推导,对光束入射角度和高双折射光纤长度进行了优化,并对两种结构的干涉仪温度传感器进行仿真和实验.仿真结果表明,利用二阶Loyt-Sagnac干涉仪结构的游标效应,能提高其作为温度传感器时的灵敏度;实验结果证明,单段Sagnac环干涉仪温度传感器灵敏度为-1.46nm/℃,而使用二阶Loyt-Sagnac干涉仪的温度传感灵敏度为-17.99nm/℃,提高了约12.32倍.     

一种新型Sagnac式光纤电流传感器

为了消除震动对Sagnac式电流传感器测量结果的影响,提出一种光路改进方法来消除传感器对震动的敏感性,其基本原理是抵消Sagnac效应而不影响法拉第磁光效应。利用琼斯矩阵对改进后的光路结构进行了偏振态分析,理论分析和实验结果吻合,表明改进后的传感器其输出与震动无关。耦合半波片后Sagnac式光纤电流传感器的震动敏感性被消除了,为Sagnac式光纤电流传感器的工程化实现提供了一种可行的方法。     

反射式Sagnac干涉光纤电流互感器的传感头误差研究

阐述了反射式Sagnac干涉型电流传感器的原理,对Sagnac型光纤电流传感器进行了深入的理论研究,建立了完整的系统理论模型。采用偏振系统的Jones矩阵对反射式Sagnac干涉型电流传感器的偏振误差进行了研究,并对光纤传感头中的线性双折射、圆双折射对测量准确度的影响进行了模拟分析,从理论上得到了反映影响规律的曲线。仿...     

单轴分布式光纤传感器管线泄漏探测方法及定位理论分析

利用Sagnac干涉原理的分布式光纤传感器是一种可用于长途油气管线侵入、泄漏探测和定位的新技术.为了克服屏蔽和隔离Sagnac光纤环中未用作传感的那一半光纤所带来的屏蔽困难、成本增加等问题,提出一种单轴分布式光纤传感器的方法.其原理是利用一条光纤代替光纤环,并在光纤尾端设置法拉第旋转镜,构成偏振无关Sagnac干涉仪探测和定位管线泄漏.文中详细分析和讨论了该方法的系统光路和探测定位原理.     

基于微结构光纤和游标效应的高灵敏度压力传感器

结构健康监测、医疗诊断分析、气压检测以及军事工程应用等领域对压力的高灵敏度探测要求越来越高。光纤传感器由于其体积小、灵敏度高及抗电磁干扰等优点被广泛应用于压力测量。针对石英材料的杨氏模量较高,传统实芯光纤压力传感器的受压变形量较小,导致测量灵敏度很难提高。文章提出了一种基于游标效应的双Sagnac干涉环式光纤压力传感器。传感器由保偏光子晶体光纤(Polarization Maintaining Fiber, PM-PCF)作为敏感单元实现Sagnac干涉并通过不同PCF长度实现针对压力增敏特性的游标效应。传感器分别采用在单模光纤中嵌入PM-PCF形成传感器的参考单元和压力敏感单元,并对Sagnac环的感压部分进行封装,通过实验对并联型Sagnac环压力传感器的压力特性进行研究。实验结果表明在压力范围为0～2.4MPa内,压力传感器最大灵敏度为-54.491nm/MPa,分辨率为0.367kPa。相比无游标效应的Sagnac环压力传感器,其压力灵敏度放大了16.7倍。此外,传感器具有制造简单、结构坚固、运行稳定的优点,为高灵敏度压力传感器提供了一种替代设计方案。     

同时测量扭转角度和扭转方向的侧漏光子晶体光纤扭转传感器

基于所研制的侧漏型光子晶体光纤,提出并构建了出一种同时检测扭转角度 和扭转方向的高灵敏度Sagnac干涉仪型光纤扭转传感器.顺时针扭转时, 传感器传输谱向短波长方向偏移;逆时针扭转,向长波长方向偏移. 对传感器扭转特性的实验研究结果表明,构成Sagnac干涉仪的侧漏型光子晶体光纤的长度, 对扭转敏感系数和扭转角度测量范围起着决定性作用.当光纤长度较短时, 扭转传感器具有较大的扭转灵敏度,但扭转角度测量范围较小;光纤长度增加时,扭转灵敏度减小, 扭转角度测量范围增大.当构成Sagnac干涉仪的侧漏型光子晶体光纤长度为14.85 cm时, 传感器的扭转敏感系数可达到0.9354 nm/(°),扭转角度测量范围为-90°—90°; 光纤长度为32 cm时,最大扭转敏感系数降为0.2132 nm/(°), 扭转角度测量范围扩展至-180°—180°. 采用二维测量矩阵法可以有效排除温度对扭转角度的测量的影响. 关键词： 光纤传感器 侧漏型光子晶体光纤 扭转传感器 Sagnac干涉仪     

Sagnac效应在光纤水听器中的应用

本文介绍了由Sagnac效应组成的光纤水听器原理，着重推导了声压作用下的光纤水听器的相位变化关系．并在此基础上对比了Sagnac光纤水听器与Mach-Zehnder光纤水听器，结果表明Sagnac光纤水听器在低频段的灵敏度及其实现的简易性上具有很大优势．     

基于PDMS材料的Sagnac干涉光纤挥发性有机物传感器

在一段8cm长的保偏光纤两端分别熔接两段普通的单模光纤,在保偏光纤的侧面均匀地镀上一层聚二甲基硅氧烷材料,聚二甲基硅氧烷材料经该段保偏光纤接入到一个光纤耦合器中,从而形成一个光纤Sagnac干涉仪.聚二甲基硅氧烷材料吸附挥发性有机物分子时,会引起聚二甲基硅氧烷材料体积上的膨胀,导致Sagnac干涉波长的漂移,通过对Sagnac干涉光波长漂移的测量即可实现对挥发性有机物气体的检测.实验测量了传感器对挥发性有机物浓度的响应,结果表明,在0~6 000ppm浓度范围内,传感器的灵敏度为1.03pm/ppm,由光谱仪的最小分辨率为0.02nm可知,该传感器对挥发性有机物的检测下限约为19.4ppm.该传感器相比聚二甲基硅氧烷材料与光纤光栅结合的传感器,灵敏度提高了4 300倍.     

基于Sagnac干涉计谐波游标效应的光纤温度传感器

提出一种基于双萨格奈克（Sagnac）干涉计谐波游标效应的光纤温度传感器,在该传感器中,传感干涉计中熊猫光纤的长度约为参考干涉计中熊猫光纤的整数倍。理论分析与实验结果表明,当游标放大倍率相同时,基于谐波游标效应和基于普通光学游标效应的双Sagnac干涉计具有相同的温度灵敏度,但谐波游标效应对应的熊猫光纤长度失谐量明显大于普通光学游标效应,且阶数越高对应的失谐量越大。由于失谐量越大,游标放大倍率越容易控制和实现,因此,从制备角度上讲,谐波游标效应明显优于普通光学游标效应。该研究可为后续光学游标效应的研究提供重要参考。     

Non-contact detection of laser-generated surface acoustic waves using fiber optic Sagnac interferometer

A high powered Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used to excite the surface waves, and an optical fiber sensor was used to detect the out-of-plane displacements due to the propagating waves. This sensor is based on the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer, which has the path-matched configuration and does not require active stabilization. Quadrature phase bias between two interfering laser beams in the Sagnac loop is applied by controlling the birefringence in an optical path using a fiber polarization controller. A stable quadrature phase bias can be confirmed by observing the interferometer output according to the change of phase bias. Additional signal processing is not needed for the detection of ultrasonic waves using the Sagnac interferometer. The performance of the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer was investigated, and laser-generated surface wave signals were detected using this fiber optic sensor. The developed fiber optic sensor configured in this study is very simple and is effective for non-contact detection of ultrasonic waves.     

Surface-bonded fiber optic Sagnac sensors for ultrasound detection

This paper describes a fiber optic sensor suitable for remote sensing and multi-point detection of ultrasound. This ultrasound sensor is based on the surface-bonded fiber optic Sagnac interferometer with the output fringe visibility of 1; it consists of a laser source, an ordinary single mode fiber delay line, a fiber coupler, a phase modulator and polarization controllers. For the validation of the sensor, surface acoustic waves and Lamb waves are excited by illuminating a steel specimen with an array of Q-switched Nd:YAG laser-generated line sources and the measurement of laser-generated ultrasonic waves are performed on the specimen surface using the surface-mounting fiber optic Sagnac sensor. The surface-bonded fiber optic sensor developed in this study has a simple configuration for detection of ultrasonic waves. Effectiveness of surface-bonded fiber optic Sagnac sensors for remote sensing of ultrasound and in situ monitoring of structures is investigated. The capability of multi-point detection of ultrasound by this Sagnac sensor is also discussed.     

Twist sensor based on Sagnac single-mode optic fiber interferometer

An optical fiber twist sensor based on Sagnac single-mode optic fiber interferometer is proposed. The stress-induced birefringence of single-mode optical fiber is obtained by applying a transverse force against a short length of singlemode fiber. A high sensitivity and resolution of the twist angle measurement of 0.19 nm/° and 0.002° is achieved experimentally, respectively. The proposed sensor is more convenient and simple than that of standard polarization-maintaining fibers.     

Modeling and simulation of polarization errors in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor

Sagnac fiber optic current sensor (S-FOCS) is a kind of optical interferometer based on Sagnac structure, optical polarization states of sensing light wave in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor are limited. However, several factors induce optical polarization error, and non-ideal polarized light waves cause the interference signal crosstalk in sensor, including polarizer, quarter-wave retarder, splice angular, birefringence and so on. With these errors, linearly polarized light wave in PM fiber and circularly polarized light wave in sensing fiber become elliptically polarized light wave, then, nonreciprocal phase shift induced by magnetic field of the current is interrupted by wrong polarization state. To clarify characteristics of optical polarization error in fiber optic current sensor, we analyze the evolution process of random optical polarization state, linear optical polarization state and circular optical polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor by using Poincare sphere, then, build optical polarization error models by using Jones matrix. Based on models of polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor, we investigate the influence of several main error factors on optical polarization error characteristics theoretically, including extinction ratio in polarizer, phase delay in quarter-wave retarder, splice angular between quarter-wave retarder and polarization maintaining fiber. Finally, we simulate and quantify nonreciprocal phase shift to be detected in fiber optic current sensor related with optical polarization errors. In the end, we demonstrate S-FOCS in test. The results show that transfer matrix errors are induced by inaccurate polarization properties during polarization state conversion, then, the stability and accuracy of the S-FOCS are affected, and it is important to control the polarization properties at each step of the polarization state conversion precisely.     

Simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature with a long-period fiber grating inscribed Sagnac interferometer

A Sagnac interferometer with a long-period fiber grating (LPG) inscribed in the polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature. Due to the different responses of the LPG and the Sagnac interferometer to strain and temperature, simultaneous measurement can be achieved by monitoring the wavelength shifts and the intensity changes of a resonance dip of the sensor setup. The experimental results show that the achieved sensitivities to strain and temperature are 6.4 × 10^− 3 dB/με and 0.65 nm/°C, respectively.     

超低温度系数的光子晶体光纤Sagnac压力传感器

 提出了一种基于光子晶体光纤Sagnac干涉仪的横向压力传感器。使用的光子晶体光纤为低双折射光纤,首先预先在Saganc环中的光子晶体光纤上施加初始压力,使Sagnac干涉仪产生正弦干涉光谱,然后再将被测物体放在光子晶体光纤上,由于被测物体重力的作用,Saganc干涉仪输出的光谱产生移动,实现横向压力传感测量。传感器具有高灵敏度0.529 nm/(N·mm)及超低的温度系数-0.4 pm/℃,其环境温度的影响可以忽略。     

Temperature independent torsion sensor using a high-birefringent Sagnac loop interferometer

A high-birefringent (Hi-Bi) Sagnac loop interferometer for torsion measurement is demonstrated. The sensing head is formed by a section of standard single mode fiber spliced between the output ports of a Hi-Bi coupler at 3 dB. The sensing configuration is characterized in torsion, temperature and strain. The results obtained indicate the viability of a torsion sensor independent of the temperature and strain cross-sensitivity effects. Additionally, in the proposed configuration all measurements are performed without the need of a polarization controller, a device most often required in standard Sagnac loops applied for sensing.     

An experimental investigation of the optical switching characteristics using an optical Sagnac interferometer incorporating one and two ring resonators

We present the use of a fiber optic Sagnac interferometer incorporating one and two fiber optic ring resonators to characterize experimentally the optical switching behaviors. These prototypes were formed by the Sagnac interferometer and serially connected to the ring resonators. The input optical signal was launched via one end of the interferometer, where the polarization control was employed to obtain the maximum optical transmission power. Results obtained have shown that the increasing in switching time (i.e. narrower spectral width) and power can be achieved.     

基于Sagnac光纤干涉仪的管道泄漏检测和定位技术

研制了一种基于Sagnac干涉仪的分布式光纤传感器,可实时进行管道泄漏检测与定位.阐述了该传感技术的工作原理和泄漏点定位方法,并推导了泄漏引起的光信号相位变化表达式。管道泄漏实验结果表明,水压为0.3MPa时,该技术能有效地检测到管道泄漏的发生并准确定位。     

Fiber optic sensor based on a sagnac interferometer including a recirculating-ring delay line with an edfa

We present a theoretical and experimental investigation of a Sagnac interferometer incorporating a fiber optic recirculating-ring delay line with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier to increase the effective length of the Sagnac loop and thereby improve the low-frequency response. Theoretical calculations show that the low-frequency response of the interferometer is enhanced as expected. However, the noise penalty of using a fiber amplifier in the ring is quite high, especially at low frequencies. The signal-to-noise ratio at low frequencies, using a superfluorescent erbium fiber source, is demonstrated as increasing by a factor of 2 compared to a single-loop Sagnac interferometer with the same total length of fiber, but without fiber amplifier.