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。     

用于光纤光栅压力传感器的一种新型布喇格波长调解系统

介绍了一种基于双光纤布喇格光栅实现波长解调的高准确度、低成本光纤光栅压力传感器．在外界压力下，传感光纤布喇格光栅的反射波长产生漂移，其漂移量被粘贴在以一定频率上下扫描的等强度悬臂梁上的匹配光纤布喇格光栅调制为系统输出时间脉冲序列的脉冲宽度．实验结果表明：该解调技术的波长测量范围为0～3nm，波长测量的不确定度为1pm，对于量程为0～6MPa的压力传感器其测量的不确定度为0．005MPa．     

基于可调谐半导体激光器的高分辨率多路复用光纤光栅波长解调系统

构建了一套高分辨率的可复用光纤光栅波长解调系统.采用波长调谐范围为1 546nm至1 558nm的紧凑型可调谐半导体激光器作为光源,来提高系统的紧凑性、波长分辨率以及响应速度,加入标准气室作为波长基准以提高系统的长期稳定性.使用多个电极电流共同调谐的办法,实现了在12nm范围内半导体激光器波长分辨率高达1pm的准连续波长扫描.利用重心算法提高光纤光栅中心波长的解调精确度和稳定性,并对解调过程进行模拟.解调系统的波长分辨率优于1pm,精确度接近2pm.整个光纤布拉格光栅温度传感系统在1 550nm附近实现了0.1℃的温度分辨率.     

动态匹配光栅解调传感系统温度补偿研究

采用一对辅助匹配光纤光栅,结合基于MAX1968EUI芯片闭环自动控制,设计了一种半导体小型温度控制系统.通过控制传感光栅反射峰值变化,使匹配光栅温度变化与传感光栅周围环境温度变化相匹配,实现了动态匹配光栅解调方案的应变测量系统温度补偿,消除了光纤光栅传感器温度、应变交叉敏感效应对传感系统测量应变的影响.解调系统同时采用一支微测力传感器作为解调系统的输出,消除了传统动态匹配光栅解调系统中压电陶瓷磁滞效应对测量结果的影响.实验结果表明,温度变化对系统应变测量影响误差小于2％,传感系统的线性优于0.999 5.     

基于混沌光纤激光的准分布式布拉格传感网络

提出了一种基于混沌光纤激光器的准分布式布拉格光纤光栅传感系统,将波长可调谐的混沌光纤激光器作为传感光源,全同弱反射布拉格光纤光栅作为传感元件。利用混沌光源具有delta函数的自相关特性,将混沌源的参考光信号与从全同弱反射布拉格光纤光栅反射的光信号经光电探测器进行光电转换,结合相关法对参考光和反射光进行相关运算,根据相关峰的位置对传感器位置进行精确定位。利用混沌激光的可调谐性实现因应力作用而发生变化的全同弱反射光纤光栅的中心波长的解调,从而实现准分布式的传感网络。实验结果表明利用混沌激光可在单路光纤上复用全同弱反射光纤光栅实现传感,并有望实现密集型全同弱反射光纤光栅传感网络。     

一种高分辨率的光纤光栅传感解调技术

报道了一种基于光纤激光器波长扫描寻址的高分辨率的光纤光栅传感解调方案。光纤激光器的扫描寻址过程由微机来控制。微机控制光纤激光器波长扫描的同时,同步采集、处理传感信号,并通过曲线拟合给出传感光栅的中心反射波长值。本解调方案的波长移动分辨率为０．１ｐｍ,可以实现高分辨率的温度及应变测量。     

基于阵列波导光栅的边缘滤波温度解调系统

为克服传统阵列波导光栅解调系统体积大、价格昂贵等问题,提出了以窄带光源为输入光源,采用边缘滤波和阵列波导光栅相结合的解调方案,实现对增敏封装后的光纤光栅温度传感器进行温度解调实验。以窄带光源作为输入,通过边缘滤波的方法使得温度传感器反射谱的中心波长偏移程度与解调光路输出光强的变化相对应,利用阵列波导光栅的波分复用实现多传感器同时测量,实现了多传感器多通道的分布式测量,实验结果表明:解调系统的波长解调范围为1 545.30 nm～1 560.50 nm,对35 ℃～42 ℃的温度范围进行检测,波长解调精度为±5.34 pm,温度测量误差可达±0.1 ℃。     

基于色散补偿光纤的高速光纤光栅解调方法

本文提出并论证了一种光纤光栅高速解调的新方法, 利用色散补偿光纤的色散效应, 将光纤光栅的波长漂移信息转换成时域信息. 采用脉冲激光器作为光源, 仅需一个光脉冲可获取单根光纤上所有光纤光栅的反射光脉冲, 再根据各个光栅反射回光脉冲的延时变化即可实现波长的解调. 本方法可用于准分布光纤光栅传感网络解调, 系统采用全光纤结构, 无需波长扫描, 大大提高了解调速度. 本文搭建了测试系统进行实验验证, 对3个光纤光栅组成的准分布式传感网络进行了解调, 实验结果表明, 解调出的光纤光栅布喇格波长线性度好, 解调速度最高可达1 MHz, 采样数据取10次平均后解调线性度可达0.9969, 解调误差约为27.8 pm.     

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℃.     

扫描激光器型光纤光栅解调仪设计

设计了一种扫描激光器型光纤光栅波长解调仪,采用滑动平均滤波方法拟合光纤布拉格光栅反射谱,基于扫描激光器输出的同步触发信号与波长对应性,计算得到光纤布拉格光栅反射谱的中心波长,简化了解调过程。相比传统的宽带光源解调方法,降低了解调的复杂度和不稳定性,实现对布拉格波长的高精度、快速解调。实验结果表明,解调仪对光纤布拉格光栅波长的解调稳定性可达±2pm,温度与波长变化的线性度达到0.9984,温度测量误差小于0.5℃,能够满足实际应用的需要。     

Dynamic strain monitoring by wavelength locking between two fiber Bragg gratings fiber sensing system

We demonstrated a fiber sensing system using the method of wavelength locking of two identical fibers Bragg gratings (FBG) to interrogate the wavelength shift by directly measuring the intensity of the reflection from the sensing Bragg grating. The light source of the fiber sensing system is an EDFA fiber ring laser pumped by a 980 nm laser diode and a narrow bandwidth fiber Bragg grating for the filter of the ring laser resonator. The wavelength shift is converted to the intensity deviation of the reflection from the sensing FBG under strain variation, and is able to achieve real-time sensing of the dynamic strain sensing in civil engineering. The characteristics and key factors to maintain stability of the dynamic strain sensing system are discussed.     

Polymer Optical Fiber Photosensitivities and Highly Tunable Fiber Gratings

In this paper, recent progress in the investigation of photosensitivities of polymer optical fibers and the development of polymer optical fiber grating is reported. Photosensitivities in various polymer fibers, including doped and undoped, multimode and single-mode polymer fibers, have been experimentally characterized and evaluated for fiber grating application. In particular, the wavelength dependence of material absorption and photosensitivity has been found essential to the fabrication of polymer optical fiber grating. Based on the results of photosensitivity research, polymer optical fiber gratings have been successfully fabricated. More importantly, polymer optical fiber grating has been demonstrated highly tunable, with a tuning range more than 70 nm. The unique feature of high tunability in polymer optical fiber grating has great potential in various applications including optical fiber WDM systems and fiber sensor systems. Several important issues that remain to be investigated will also be discussed.     

Ytterbium-doped Y2O3 nanoparticle silica optical fibers for high power fiber lasers with suppressed photodarkening

We report efficient laser demonstration and spectroscopic characteristics of a Yb-doped Y₂O₃ (or Y₃Al₅O₁₂) nanoparticle silica fiber developed by conventional fiber fabrication technique. The spectroscopy study evidences modification in the environment of Yb ions by the Y₂O₃ nanoparticles. As a result, photodarkening induced loss is reduced by 20 times relative to Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers. The fiber is suitable for power scaling with good laser slope efficiency of 79%.     

Fiber Modal Index Measurements Based on Fiber Gratings

A novel method based on fiber gratings for measuring the effective indices of fiber modes is proposed. The effective index difference between the core mode and a cladding mode was obtained by analyzing the interference fringe of a pair of cascaded long-period fiber gratings. In order to extract the core mode index from the measured index difference, an index matching oil immersion method is proposed. By analyzing the interaction between the cladding mode and the oil applied on the cladding surface, the mode order and the effective index of the involved cladding mode might be calculated. Experimental results about the interference fringe shifts induced by the oil index and the oil-applied length are also presented.     

Effects of band mixing on the radiative properties of a quantum well

The effect of band mixing and non-parabolicity on quantum well gain and spontaneous emission is studied using k.p theory. Spectra of gain and spontaneous emission are strongly modified but the relation of maximum gain versus nominal current density is not strongly affected.     

Analysis of Longitudinal Mode Suppression in a Fiber Ring Laser Containing Two Optical Filters

We report the results from the characterization and optimization of a stable erbium-doped fiber ring laser that uses two optical filters. The observed laser performance and the measured longitudinal mode patterns are presented. The influence of the combination of the two optical filters on the mode suppression is evaluated. We obtained the matched condition for operation of the optical filters that most improved the laser performance. An estimate of the relative intensity noise due to the introduction of the laser in a communication system is also presented. As a consequence of the mode suppression, a sharp laser linewidth narrowing is con firmed.     

Characterization of Fibers in an Existing Network for High Speed System (10Gb/s or Greater) Compatibility

With OC-192 communications systems being commercially available and higher bit rate systems in development, prudent telecommunications network administrators are testing their installed fibers to determine if they can be successfully used at 10 Gb/s and higher. Together with New Brunswick Telephone (NBTel), the Fiber Optics Group at UNB have tested various installed fibers and cables in the NBTel network for their losses at wavelengths of 1244, 1310, 1550, and 1625 nm, as well as for strain and polarization mode dispersion (PMD). Weather conditions, age, place of installation, and cable types have also been considered. Aging does not seem to affect the performance of the fibers. Although most fibers are high-speed system compatible when looking at attenuation measurements, about 40% of the fibers tested would not meet the 10 Gb/s OC-192 system manufacturer's design guidelines concerning PMD.     

Fiber Bragg grating strain sensor based on fiber laser

A study on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensor, based on erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser, is presented. A strain-sensing element, FBG, also acts as the lasing wavelength selecting component. When strain is applied on the FBG, the laser cavity loss changes, leading to a modification of the laser transient. Strain measurements are obtained in the time domain by simply measuring the EDF laser build-up time. Relative variation in the build-up time of up to 190%, for a strain range from 0 με to 2350 με, is achieved with a resolution corresponding to a strain of better than 2.35 με. This study demonstrates a novel fiber sensor concept and the technical feasibility to develop fiber strain measurement.     

克服闭环光纤陀螺输出信号中死区的实验

克服死区是闭环光纤陀螺设计中需要考虑的重要问题.实验表明本文采用的方法可以方便地克服死区.这是国内报道的首例克服闭环光纤陀螺输出信号中死区的实验.     

Advance of optoelectronic devices for long wavelength optical fiber communication in china

The advance of optoelectronic devices for long wavelength optical fiber communication in China is reviewed. The main features of the long wavelength semiconductor lasers and photodetectors are presented.