一种双段多层长周期光纤光栅光谱特性研究

长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)传感器具有非常广泛的应用价值,而有效解决物理量交叉敏感问题是其实用化的关键。基于LPFG对包层外介质折射率和厚度的敏感性,提出一种双段多层折射率横向分布结构的新型LPFG传感器的设计,并利用耦合模理论和传输矩阵方法分析了镀膜材料折射率、膜层厚度和镀层长度对新型LPFG传感器光谱特性的影响。软件仿真结果证明,这种LPFG由于结构设计上的特殊性,将使LPFG的谐振峰发生分裂,即一个透射峰分裂为两个。由于两个分裂峰对应力和温度的灵敏度不同,利用该结构的LPFG作为传感器,可以实现温度、应力等物理量的同步测量,从而解决LPFG传感器的交叉敏感问题。     

Enhancement of sensitivity in long-period fiber gratings with deposition of low-refractive-index materials

It was proved [Opt. Lett. 30, 720 (2005)] that the deposition of an overlay of higher refractive index than that of the cladding on a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) causes large shifts in the attenuation bands induced by the grating. The result is an enhancement of the sensitivity of the LPFG to variations in the ambient and overlay refractive indices or the overlay thickness. The limitation of the previous design to materials with higher refractive indices than that of the cladding of the LPFG is overcome with a five-layer model. To this purpose, a first overlay of higher refractive index than that of the cladding of the LPFG will enhance the sensitivity of the device to variations in the refractive index of a second overlay of lower refractive index than that of the cladding of the LPFG. Moreover, it is proved that, if the second overlay is thick enough, its behavior resembles that of an infinite layer.     

矩形折射率调制型薄膜长周期光纤光栅特性研究

镀膜长周期光纤光栅传感器是目前光纤光栅传感研究的一个热点,但关于此类传感器模型的全面的理论分析目前还很少。本文基于严格的四层模型,从理论上对芯层折射率调制为矩形波调制的薄膜长周期光纤光栅的特性进行了详细的分析。在充分考虑材料色散对光纤芯层和包层的影响后,对薄膜参数、占空比和环境折射率的变化对镀膜长周期光纤光栅的谱特性的影响进行了数值研究。研究结果表明,薄膜参数对透射谱有重要影响,合理设计薄膜厚度可以获得较佳的损耗峰。研究还发现,镀膜后占空比对透射谱的影响减小,而对环境折射率变化的敏感度增加。在占空比为0.5时光栅具有最大的损耗峰值。     

新型长周期光纤光栅的设计与研制进展

长周期光纤光栅(long-period fiber grating,LPFG)是一种宽带的透射型无源光子器件,在光纤通信和光纤传感领域应用广泛.本文从折射率空间调制的角度,根据栅格周期长短、折射率调制深度和栅面法线取向三个特征参数,对LPFG进行了分类并分析了其不足,定义了新型长周期光纤光栅(novel long-period fiber grating,NLPFG)概念并指出了其研究意义;阐述了典型的LPFG写制新技术,建立了NLPFG模型和设计理论;提出了NLPFG正、反向设计流程,阐述了NLPFG典型设计方法;综述了近年来NLPFG的研制及典型应用,展望了NLPFG研究的发展趋势.     

基于长周期光纤光栅折射率敏感特性的混凝土结构钢筋锈蚀监测

研究了长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)谐振透射光谱对外界环境折射率变化的敏感特性,在此基础上提出了将混凝土内部钢筋周围环境折射率与LPFG光谱特性相结合的理论,设计了一种基于折射率测量的LPFG钢筋锈蚀监测传感器.采用LPFG透射光谱枪测技术,获取钢筋锈蚀过程中混凝土内部不同折射率环境所对应的LPFG透射光谱曲线族,进而得到...     

Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature using dual-period grapefruit microstructured fiber grating

By cascading the long period fiber grating (LPFG) and fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in grapefruit microstructured fiber, a novel dual-period fiber grating sensor is proposed. The refractive index and temperature are measured simultaneously by using the different sensitivity of FBG and LPFG. The relationship between dual-period fiber grating transmission spectrum and refractive index, resonant wavelengths and temperature are analyzed theoretically, respectively. The simulation results show that the accuracy of the sensor in measuring refractive index and temperature is estimated to be 2319.6 nm/RIU in a range from 1.33 to 1.36 and 0.017 nm/°C from 0 °C to 100 °C, respectively. Thus, the sensor has high refractive index sensitivity, and can provide the theoretical foundation for the optical fiber biosensor.     

Widely tunable long-period fiber grating with nm-thick higher refractive index film overlay

By introducing a four-layer step-index waveguide modeling, the characteristics of long-period fiber grating (LPFG) with an nm-thick film overlay, which has higher refractive index than that of fiber cladding are investigated in detail. The influence of both the overlay thickness and refractive index on the tuning ability of LPFG is analyzed. The numerical results demonstrate that spectral response of LPFG is divided into three distinct regions as the overlay deposition increases and the shift of resonant wavelength is drastic in some special thickness range. In conjunction with higher-order cladding mode coupling and fiber cladding etching, the sensitivity of LPFG to the overlay refractive index is enhanced significantly and over 120 nm resonant wavelength tunable range is achieved.     

Optimal design of temperature-insensitive long period fiber gratings for athermal refractive-index sensor

Based on coupled-mode theory of long-period fiber grating (LPFG), a theoretical analysis and simulations for the optimal design of a temperature-insensitive LPFG is presented in order to achieve an athermal condition for sensing the refractive index of the external medium. Effects of the variation of the cladding radius and grating period on the temperature sensitivity of the LPFG are discussed. Both of these parameters are found to be important to control the temperature sensitivity when the thermo-optic coefficients of core and cladding materials are of the same order. Other grating parameters are also optimized in order to achieve a good contrast of the grating period with resonance wavelength in the 1.5 μm region and to sense the external medium refractive index over a wide range. Variation of external medium refractive index from 1.0 to 1.45 results a red-shift in the LPFG resonance wavelength by 86 nm with its temperature sensitivity as low as 0.008 nm/°C over a temperature range of 0–80 °C for this optimally designed LPFG.     

CO2激光脉冲边缘写入的长周期光栅折射率特性研究

报道了一种用高频CO2激光脉冲在普通通信光纤包层边缘单侧写入的新型长周期光纤光栅。研究发现,这种长周期光纤光栅的折射率变化主要发生在光纤包层区域,而纤芯的折射率变化较小;同时该光栅的附加损耗低于0.5 dB。进一步折射率特性实验研究表明,由于其特殊的折变结构,这种光栅具有较高的外界环境灵敏度,当外界折射率在1.41~1.45范围内变化时,其谐振波长漂移量高达15.52 nm,比实验测得的用传统方法写入的长周期光纤光栅谐振波长漂移量高出近3倍,这种光栅结构在光纤传感中将具有重要的应用。     

Design of a coated thinly clad chalcogenide long-period fiber grating refractive index sensor based on dual-peak resonance near the phase matching turning point

A novel method for designing chalcogenide long-period fiber grating (LPFG) sensors based on the dual-peak resonance effect of the LPFG near the phase matching turning point (PMTP) is presented. Refractive index sensing in a high-refractive-index chalcogenide fiber is achieved with a coated thinly clad film. The dual-peak resonant characteristics near the PMTP and the refractive index sensing properties of the LPFG are analyzed first by the phase-matching condition of the LPFG. The effects of film parameters and cladding radius on the sensitivity of refractive index sensing are further discussed. The sensor is optimized by selecting the appropriate film parameters and cladding radius. Simulation results show that the ambient refractive index sensitivity of a dual-peak coated thinly clad chalcogenide LPFG at the PMTP can be 2400 nm/RIU, which is significantly higher than that of non-optimized gratings. It has great application potential in the field of chemical sensing and biosensors.     

啁啾长周期光纤光栅的超宽带滤波特性及其切趾优化

基于光纤光栅的模式耦合理论,采用传输矩阵法对啁啾长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)的超宽带滤波特性进行了分析。研究表明当啁啾LPFG的纤芯模同时与同向传输的多个阶次的包层模发生耦合,且与多个不同阶次包层模对应的谐振峰交叠时,其传输谱带宽可扩展到500nm以上,可用做超宽带带阻滤波器。传输谱带宽随模式序数、啁啾系数、光栅长度、周期和折射率调制量的增加单调递增,但随光纤包层半径的增大单调递减。采用高斯折射率切趾技术抑制了传输谱旁瓣,为设计超宽带滤波器提供了新的方法。     

Theoretical Research on Sensitivity for Resonance Wavelength of Long Period Fiber Grating

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Theoretical Research on Sensitivity for Resonance Wavelength of Long Period Fiber Grating

In a long period fiber grating(LPFG), the forward-propagating guided mode in the core is coupled to a number of co-propagating lossy cladding modes at resonance wavelengths. Sensitivity of resonance wavelength against temperature, axial strain, and external refractive index is modeled in this paper. Schemes for temperature compensation and enhanced wavelength tuning of LPFG are proposed and analyzed. Experiments show accordant results with simulations. Temperature coefficient of the LPFG compensated by means of axial strain is below 1.8 nm/100℃. For the LPFG with polymer recoating layer, the enhanced tuning range is more than 70 nm.     

模式耦合理论在圆周对称长周期光纤光栅建模中的应用

长周期光纤光栅是不同于光纤Bragg光栅的一种光纤光栅器件 ,根据模式耦合理论 ,长周期光纤光栅表现为前向传播的纤芯导模和同向的各阶次包层模式之间的耦合。分析研究了长周期光纤光栅轴向的模场变化。忽略轴向的模式耦合以及包层模式之间的相互耦合作用 ,并认为折射率指数的调制只存在于纤芯中 ,建立了简化的长周期光纤光栅数学模型。对圆周对称轴向均匀型长周期光纤光栅谱特性进行了仿真 ,其结果与实验结果基本吻合 ,表明了简化的数学模型的合理性     

Optical fiber long-period grating with solgel coating for gas sensor

The novel long-period fiber grating (LPFG) film sensor is composed of the long-period grating coated with solgel-derived sensitive films. The characteristics of the transmissivity of the LPFG film sensor are studied. By analyzing the relation among the sensitivity Sn, the thin film optical parameters, and the fiber grating parameters, the optimal design parameters of the LPFG film sensor are obtained. Data simulation shows that the resolution of the refractive index of this LPFG film sensor is predicted to be 10(-8). Experimentally, a LPFG film sensor for detection of C(2)H(5)OH was fabricated, and a preliminary gas-sensing test was performed.     

长周期光纤光栅:原理、制备与应用

较全面介绍了长周期光纤光栅。对比Bragg光纤光栅说明了长周期光纤光栅的特点。对其耦合机理进行了分析 ,阐明了波长选择损耗特性。介绍了长周期光纤光栅的制备方法 ,大致分之为基于非形变的制备方法和基于形变的制备方法。详细阐述其在通信、传感领域的应用 ,尤其是新型应用 :带通滤波、光上下路复用、光纤光源、偏振器件、新型传感等。并针对长周期光纤光栅对温度、应力、外部折射率敏感的特性 ,探讨了调谐性以及温度稳定性的方案     

基于双峰谐振效应的镀金属长周期光纤光栅液体浓度传感器

利用长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)中的双峰谐振效应,结合表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器的高灵敏度,提出了一种新型镀金属光纤光栅液体浓度传感器.采用双包层结构模型和耦合模理论,分析r镀金属长周期光纤光栅双峰效应的谐振特性,环境折射率的传感特性以及金属膜厚对双峰LPFG灵敏度的影响.实验上制作了具有双峰效应的镀银膜长周期光纤...     

Control of resonant peak depths of tunable long-period fiber gratings using overcoupling

We present a method to reduce changes in the resonant peak depth of a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) as the resonant band is tuned by varying the external refractive index. We theoretically analyze the effects of the initial coupling strength on the peak depth change as external refractive index is varied. By controlling the initial coupling strength, it is experimentally demonstrated that an optimum peak depth can be obtained over a range of operating wavelengths that will maximize the sensitivity and stability of LPFG based sensors and tunable filters.     

Hybrid Long-Period Fiber Grating with Multimode Fiber Core for Refractive Index Measurement

A refractive index(RI) sensor based on hybrid long-period fiber grating(LPFG) with multimode fiber core(MMFC) is proposed and demonstrated. The surrounding RI can be determined by monitoring the separation between the resonant wavelengths of the LPFG and MMFC since the resonant wavelengths of the LPFC and MMFC will shift in opposite directions when the surrounding RI changes. Fxperimental results show that the sensor possesses an enhanced sensitivity of 526.92 nm/RIU in the RI range of 1.387-1.394 RIU. The response to the temperature is also discussed.     

单端面透射模式长周期光栅的设计和测试

本文设计了一种单端面长周期光栅透射模式折射率传感器。首先,将2×2单模光纤耦合器输入端的一个光纤接头与光源相连接、输出端的两个光纤接头分别与光谱分析仪和长周期光栅的一个光纤接头相连接。然后,在包含长周期光栅的光纤另一个端面溅射反射银膜。最后,以一系列不同折射率的甘油水溶液为待测液体介质研究了直接透射模式与单端面镀银膜模式下长周期光栅的响应光谱的异同。实验结果表明:单端面镀银膜的长周期光栅的响应光谱仍然以透射谱的形式出现。对于同一种液体,单端面镀银膜的长周期光栅与直接透射模式的长周期光栅的响应光谱有着近乎相同的谐振波长值,但它们的光损耗存在一定的差异。在0~80%的甘油溶液中,直接透射模式下的光损耗从-12.92 dB变为-16.28 dB,再逐渐变到-13.22 dB;单端面镀银膜模式下的光损耗从-13.13 dB变为-13.74 dB,再逐渐变到-11.45dB。与直接透射模式相比,单端面镀银膜的长周期光栅的相对光损耗与甘油浓度的线性关系更加良好。本研究设计的长周期光栅测量系统采用单端面探头的方式检测环境介质,因而在测量中操作更加灵活方便,非常适合于远距离、恶劣环境或深层液体环境中的折射率测量。