基于Sagnac/双Mach-Zehnder原理的分布式光纤传感系统的偏振态分析

运用琼斯矩阵分析法,建立了该分布式传感器系统在传感光纤双折射和外部事件共同作用下,传输光的偏振态对系统功率传输系数影响的数学模型.仿真分析了在传感光纤线性双折射和圆双折射共同作用下,传输光的偏振态对系统功率传输系数的影响,并提出了利用偏振控制器对输入偏振态进行控制,从而改善干涉信号输出的方法.     

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...     

基于法拉第旋镜的干涉型光纤传感系统偏振相位噪声特性研究

偏振诱导信号衰落现象的抑制是干涉型光纤传感系统的关键技术之一. 针对法拉第旋镜(FRM)法抑制偏振诱导信号衰落技术的残留偏振相位噪声问题进行了深入的理论和实验研究. 运用琼斯矩阵法建立了基于法拉第旋镜的干涉型光纤传感系统偏振相位噪声的理论模型; 分析了影响系统偏振相位噪声的主要原因: 法拉第旋镜的旋光角度偏差、入射光偏振态调制度、干涉仪两臂光纤双折射; 提出了相应的抑制偏振相位噪声的方法. 详细仿真分析了入射光偏振态调制度对干涉型光纤传感系统偏振相位噪声的影响, 仿真分析得出若法拉第旋镜旋光角度偏差为最大工艺制造误差1°, 当入射光偏振态调制度为1.84 rad时, 系统可能出现的最大偏振相位噪声为0.0815 rad. 最后, 搭建了基于M-Z型偏振态调制器的偏振相位噪声测试系统, 测试了在传输光纤受到外界偏振扰动的情况下, 干涉传感系统存在的偏振相位噪声, 实验测试结果与理论分析结果基本一致, 有力地证明了该偏振相位噪声理论分析模型的正确性.     

线双折射磁光光纤光栅中光偏振态演化

根据导波光的微扰理论得到了线双折射磁光光纤光栅中导波光耦合模方程,并给出了其解析解。借助于归一化斯托克斯参量,研究了线双折射与磁圆双折射对光纤光栅中光偏振态的影响。研究表明,线双折射磁光光纤光栅中存在左旋和右旋两个本征的椭圆光偏振态,线双折射或磁圆双折射的大小只引起本征偏振态椭圆率的变化,而不改变主轴方位角。通过调节磁光光纤光栅中两种双折射的相对大小可方便地控制输出导波光的偏振态,从而使磁光光纤光栅在光纤通信与传感中具有广泛的潜在应用。     

光纤大电流传感器非线性误差机理与抑制

非线性误差是基于Faraday效应的干涉式数字闭环光纤大电流传感器基本测量准确度的主要影响因素。考虑到传感光路中偏振交叉耦合、圆偏振态不理想等因素的影响，计算了与调制信号同频的干涉信号，得到了闭环反馈相移与被测电流之间的非线性跟踪关系。仿真结果表明：传感光纤线性双折射、1/4波片方位角及相位延迟误差、相位调制器输出尾纤偏振串音是光纤大电流传感器产生非线性误差的主要原因。需根据被测电流的动态范围相应提高相位调制器输出尾纤耦合及熔接对轴精度。通过求解光纤敏感环微分模型方程，提出了波片参数与椭圆双折射光纤拍长-螺距比的匹配条件，实现了传感器对Faraday效应的线性响应，降低了椭圆偏振传感信号造成的非线性误差。实验结果表明：采用参数匹配的1/4波片后，在6～500 kA范围内，传感器比例因子随被测电流的变化量为0.2%，相比于理想1/4波片降低了一个数量级。     

全光纤傅里叶变换光谱仪消偏振衰落技术研究

针对全光纤傅里叶变换光谱仪中光束偏振态在双折射影响下带来的干涉信号“偏振诱导衰落”现象导致测量光谱畸变的问题,根据偏振光学原理,分析了光纤应力、弯曲和扭曲导致的双折射对传输光束偏振态的影响,找到了FFTS在测量宽谱光源发射谱时出现谱线畸变的原因,提出了建立偏振态反馈控制系统来稳定干涉信号可见度的方法.实验结果表明,该方法消除了偏振态变化对测量光谱的影响.     

全光纤傅里叶变换光谱仪消偏振衰落技术研究

针对全光纤傅里叶变换光谱仪中光束偏振态在双折射影响下带来的干涉信号"偏振诱导衰落"现象导致测量光谱畸变的问题,根据偏振光学原理,分析了光纤应力、弯曲和扭曲导致的双折射对传输光束偏振态的影响,找到了FFTS在测量宽谱光源发射谱时出现谱线畸变的原因,提出了建立偏振态反馈控制系统来稳定干涉信号可见度的方法.实验结果表明,该方法消除了偏振态变化对测量光谱的影响.     

圆双折射光栅的传输和偏振特性研究及磁场传感应用

从原理上阐述了圆双折射光纤光栅中的传输特性和偏振特性.通过坐标变换,得到圆双折射光栅的琼斯矩阵,并基于此详细分析了磁场大小、传输距离和入射光偏振态对透射光传输特性和偏振特性的影响.结果表明,一定大小的磁致圆双折射将使透射谱产生分裂,透射光偏振态随磁场和波长变化.同时偏振相关损耗和第三斯托克斯参量与外加磁场大小在一定范围...     

线性双折射对光纤电流互感器影响的研究

应用琼斯矩阵理论分析传感光纤中残余线性双折射对光纤电流互感器测量精度的影响。根据干涉结果得到在传感光纤中加入大量圆双折射可以抑制残余线性双折射,并提出有效的减小线性双折射误差的方法。     

偏振态调制的偏振无关干涉型光纤传感器

针对低双折射光纤双束干涉型传感器的两臂偏振态随机变化引起的信号衰落提出了一种新型的光纤传感器结构。通过在双束干涉仪的一臂中加入适当的对光波偏振太的高尖三角波或正弦波调制的偏振制，可以在干涉中见度略有降低的情况下消除偏振衰落的影响，实现偏振无关的干涉型光纤传感器。     

Distributed strain sensor based on dynamic grating in polarization-maintaining erbium-doped fiber

A novel distributed fiber-optic strain sensor based on dynamic grating in polarization-maintaining erbium-doped fiber (PM-EDF) is demonstrated experimentally. The dynamic grating is written with light beams polarized along one primary polarization axis of the PM-EDF, and read with a light beam polarized along the other primary polarization axis. When a strain is applied to the fiber, the detected Bragg reflection frequency of the dynamic grating shifts in proportion to the birefringence change, which is proportional to the strain. By employing the technique of synthesis of optical coherence function, the dynamic grating is localized in a region that can be shifted to sweep along the fiber to determine the location of the strain. In the experiment, a spatial resolution of 20 cm is demonstrated.     

双折射光纤环镜应变灵敏度优化研究

灵敏度是衡量传感器的重要指标之一, 基于双折射光纤环镜(PM-FLM)应变传感器灵敏度理论模型,通过数值模拟与实验的方法,在不增加系统复杂性的前提下,通过自身性能优化PM-FLM轴向应变灵敏度;同时研究了双折射光纤(PMF)长度对PM-FLM轴向应变灵敏度的影响。研究结果表明：对于相同PM-FLM,可以选择长波长监测点优化轴向应变灵敏度;对于双折射率相同的PM-FLM,可以选择双折射应变系数较大的PMF优化轴向应变灵敏度。对于双折射应变系数相同的PM-FLM,可以选择双折射率较小的PMF优化轴向应变灵敏度。PM-FLM传感器应变灵敏度与PMF长度无关。     

一种新型的基于磁性液体的光纤Sagnac磁场传感器

提出一种使用磁性液体的新型光纤Sagnac磁场传感器.磁性液体具有磁致可变双折射效应和二向色性,在外加磁场作用下,液体中的磁性纳米粒子沿磁场方向结链规则排列,形成各向异性.将其制成液体薄膜,放入具有一段保偏光纤的Sagnac环中,使光纤Saganc干涉仪的正弦形状干涉光谱可随外磁场变化.光纤中传输光垂直经过磁性液体薄膜...     

Method for improving the resolution and accuracy against birefringence dispersion in distributed polarization cross-talk measurements

We present a novel method for improving the spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of distributed polarization cross-talk measurements in a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber against its birefringence dispersion. We show that the broadening of measured polarization cross-talk peaks caused by birefringence dispersion can be restored by simply multiplying the measurement data with a compensation function. The birefringence dispersion variable in the function can be obtained by finding the widths of measured cross-talk envelopes at known distances along the fiber. We demonstrate that this method can effectively improve spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of the space-resolved polarization cross-talk measurements of long PM fibers.     

Method for improving the resolution and accuracy against birefringence dispersion in distributed polarization cross-talk measurements

We present a novel method for improving the spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of distributed polarization cross-talk measurements in a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber against its birefringence dispersion. We show that the broadening of measured polarization cross-talk peaks caused by birefringence dispersion can be restored by simply multiplying the measurement data with a compensation function. The birefringence dispersion variable in the function can be obtained by finding the widths of measured cross-talk envelopes at known distances along the fiber. We demonstrate that this method can effectively improve spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of the space-resolved polarization cross-talk measurements of long PM 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.     

Polarization-dependent refractometer for discrimination of temperature and ambient refractive index

Transmission characteristics of polarization-dependent refractometer based on a surface long-period grating (SLPG) inscribed in a D-shaped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) are investigated. The birefringence of SLPG produces the separation of transmission spectra for TE and TM polarization modes. We also measure the sensitivities of PCF-based SLPG to temperature and external refractive index change depending on the input polarization states. The SLPG-based sensor exhibits different temperature and ambient index sensitivities corresponding to TE and TM polarization modes. Therefore, the SLPG inscribed in D-shaped PCFs can effectively discriminate temperature and ambient index sensitivities.     

白光干涉偏振模耦合分布式光纤传感器分析

分布式光纤传感器能够测量沿光纤长度上连续分布的外界量。用保偏光纤作为传感光纤的分布式光纤传感器,被测外界量引起保偏光纤中传播的两正交偏振模的相互耦合。用迈克尔逊干涉仪两臂光程差来补偿两个偏振模的光程差的方法探测传感信号。为了设计白光干涉偏振模耦合分布式传感器,根据统计光学原理分析了传感器的互相干特性。在此基础上分析了传感器的空间分辨力、光纤耦合点分辨力、最大传感光纤长度。波长1310nm、谱宽36nm的超辐射发光二极管(SLD)作光源．用色散参量为600ps／km,拍长3mm的保偏光纤的分布传感器空间分辨力和光纤耦合点分辨力分别为6cm和3mm。     

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.