光纤Fizeau干涉仪的声发射检测研究

验证了一种基于光纤Fizeau干涉仪的声发射传感器,可用于固体表面传播的超声波的检测.这种传感器的特点是能够精确地检测由固体表面传播的超声波产生的微弱振动.当超声波信号通过光纤传感器到达探测器时,干涉仪的输出光强度受到了超声信号的调制.通过检测干涉仪的输出光强度并利用Fourier变换,测得了超声信号的振幅和频率.对传感系统的相位调制特性进行了仿真,并对实验结果进行了分析.     

基于M-Z干涉仪原理的光纤超声检测

提出了一种基于M_Z(Mach_Zehnder)干涉仪原理的光纤超声检测技术和U形结构的光纤传感器。讨论了光纤传感器与超声波之间的相互作用关系。对传感器的灵敏度与传感光纤的有效长度、U形结构的个数之间的关系进行了理论分析,实验结果和理论分析结果是一致的。通过比较超声波在三种不同入射方式下探测器的输出电压可知,该结构的光纤传感器在声信号垂直入射时由探测器探测到的信号最强,即传感器有很强的方向性,适合于对声表面波的定向检测。     

基于光纤多普勒效应的超声传感方法

通过光纤频移干涉技术测量了超声在光纤中产生的多普勒频移,提出一种光纤超声传感方法.将缠绕在压电陶瓷上的光纤环接入到频移干涉萨格拉克干涉仪中,以压电陶瓷作为超声波信号源,调节声光调制器使得干涉信号偏置在零点,达到系统灵敏度最高,通过干涉信号的频率和幅值测量到了超声引起光纤环中发生的多普勒频移,进而获得了作用在光纤环上的超声波信号.实验结果表明,用该方法测量超声频率的相对误差为0.001%,频响在所测量的20~200kHz范围内具有良好的线性.该方法在管道健康监测、固体内部裂缝监测、大型机械装备结构损伤监测等方面具有应用前景.     

斐索光纤干涉仪在超声检测中的应用

针对激光超声中固体表面波的传播特性,研究了一套斐索光纤干涉仪系统并实现了对YAG激发的铝材料表面波的检测.该光纤干涉仪基于共光路干涉原理,消除了其他表面波检测手段的诸多弊端,具有环境要求低、结构简单、易于调节、频响高且为非接触式测量等优点,实验表明该干涉仪适合于激光超声检测.     

基于同步载波提取的光纤传感器相位生成载波解调方法

利用3×3耦合器和法拉第旋转镜等光学元件,构造了一个基于迈克尔逊干涉系统的光纤振动传感器.使用外调制的方法对传输光进行相位生成载波调制,并将该光纤振动传感器应用于长距离的安全监测中.通过对该传感器的干涉输出信号进行贝塞尔展开分析,发现干涉输出信号中含有与外调制所使用的载波频率相同的信号成分.因此,使用一个中心频率为载波...     

光纤干涉型传感器原理及其相位解调技术

光纤干涉型传感器是由于外界信号作用到干涉仪上，引起干涉信号相位的变化，通过对相位的解调来反应外界信号。介绍了光纤干涉型传感器的结构及其原理，并对各种干涉型传感器的相位调制与解调技术的优缺点进行了分析。     

光纤超声传感器及应用研究进展

光纤超声传感器通过检测光纤内传输光的强度、波长、相位、偏振态等参数感知超声波的相关信息.相比于传统的电类超声换能器,光纤超声传感器能够实现宽频带超声波信号的高灵敏探测,且其良好的抗干扰能力和复用性,可有效地提高超声波探测的可靠性和效率,在水下国防安全、生物成像、无损探伤、地震物理模型成像等领域具有巨大的应用潜力.目前,按照传感结构,光纤超声传感器可分为光纤强度调制型、光纤干涉型和光纤光栅型,并在不同方面发挥着各自的优势,均受到关注.本文主要综述了这几种传感器的传感机理、实现方法、发展现状,总结了光纤超声传感器的几个应用领域及面临的科学技术挑战,重点讨论了光纤超声传感器作为一种新技术应用于地震物理模型成像.     

基于光纤光栅传感的金属薄板超声探测

搭建了光纤光栅检测超声应力波系统,并阐述其工作原理,以动态应变与光纤光栅中心波长漂移量间关系为基础,推导得出输出电压与板中应变成线性关系.采用超声信号发生器发射28kHz的脉冲信号激励超声振子,通过有机玻璃楔形块将激励传递至5052铝合金薄板产生超声应力波,并利用光纤光栅应变传感器对其进行探测.在板上开一98mm长裂缝,测得超声应力波中出现新的波包,通过计算损伤前后新增波包到来的时间差确定裂缝位置,所测结果与实际位置偏差为2.7mm.该实验表明光纤光栅可代替超声探头来实现对低频超声波的探测.     

基于同步载波提取的光纤传感器相位生成载波解调方法

利用3×3耦合器和法拉第旋转镜等光学元件,构造了一个基于迈克尔逊干涉系统的光纤振动传感器.使用外调制的方法对传输光进行相位生成载波调制,并将该光纤振动传感器应用于长距离的安全监测中.通过对该传感器的干涉输出信号进行贝塞尔展开分析,发现干涉输出信号中含有与外调制所使用的载波频率相同的信号成分.因此,使用一个中心频率为载波频率且通带很窄的带通滤波器,可以同步地提取载波信号.同步提取的载波信号用于干涉输出信号的相位生成载波被动零差解调,可以得到作用于光纤振动传感器上的外界振动信号.本文提出了从输出信号中同步提取载波的方法,通过理论推导得出了该方法的可行性,并且通过软件仿真和实验验证了该理论的正确性.文中还对提取的载波受低频信号干扰,造成其幅度不稳定的现象进行分析并提出了解决方法.研究表明,同步载波提取法适用于相位调制器与干涉信号输出端距离较远,相位生成载波解调需要的同源载波获取较困难的情况.     

热极化保偏光纤构成的全光纤电光强度调制器

利用热极化熊猫保偏光纤器件和保偏光纤耦合器,构成Mach-Zehnder干涉仪结构,实验验证了一种新型的全光纤电光强度调制器.由于该光纤电光强度调制器是用全保偏光纤构成,解决了偏振衰减问题,因此获得了稳定的光强调制响应输出.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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干涉仪的光纤非接触式瞬变信号测量技术

基于对Sagnac干涉仪在外界瞬变信号影响下响应特性的理论分析,提出了一种基于光纤Sagnac干涉仪的非接触式测量技术.针对陷波波形的特性,提出了相应的解调技术.实验结果表明,基于Sagnac干涉仪的非接触式测量技术不仅能识别瞬变信号,同时能实现对信号源的良好定位,相对定位准确度达到1.5%.     

主动相位偏置折叠型萨尼亚克光纤传感阵列时分复用技术

针对折叠结构萨尼亚克(Sagnac)光纤传感阵列存在噪声光与信号光混叠的问题,提出了一种主动相位偏置时分复用方案.在传统梯形结构传感阵列的基础上,通过调整总线光纤的长度关系和附加延迟光纤的方法,使噪声光和信号光依次交替返回而不会发生混叠.进一步分析表明,通过调整延迟光纤环的长度,可以使输入光脉冲的重复频率达到标准时分复用系统重复频率的二分之一.整个阵列的相位偏置由一个与输入光脉冲同步的相位调制信号驱动集成光学芯片实现.实验演示了一个两基元的传感阵列,最小时间间隔为331.25 ns,输入光脉冲重复频率可达754.727 kHz,在5 kHz处相位灵敏度为7.3μrad√(Hz),探头间串扰约为-51.75 dB.     

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。     

Tunable fiber-optic parametric oscillator

We report operation of a tunable optical parametric oscillator that employs a nonlinear-fiber Sagnac interferometer as a parametric amplifier. The amplifier, which consists primarily of dispersion-shifted fiber that has zero dispersion at 1538 nm, is synchronously pumped with 7.7-ps pulses at 1539 nm. The wide bandwidth of the parametric gain permits tuning of the output signal pulses over a 40-nm range centered on the pump wavelength. The Sagnac interferometer decouples the pump wave from the oscillator cavity while a bandpass filter in the cavity transmits only the signal wave, thereby creating a singly resonant parametric oscillator that is phase insensitive. Whereas we demonstrate tuning over almost the entire bandwidth of Er-doped-fiber amplifiers, one could construct a similar device that operates near the 1310-nm zero-dispersion wavelength of standard telecommunication fiber.