光纤法布里-珀罗(Fabry-Perot)腔液位传感器

提出了一种用于测量液体容器液位高度的新型光纤F-P(Fabry-Perot)腔传感器,它灵敏度高,实现了全光传感和传输,特别适用于一些有害、易燃、易爆液体容器液位的测定.详细分析了该类传感器的传感原理,并给出了传感头参量设计方法.实验结果表明,光纤F-P腔传感器测量液位方法简单,并且可达到相当高的精度.文中分析了实验中的误差,探讨了传感器的稳定性及改进方法,是光纤法布里-珀罗腔传感器实用化的有效尝试.     

准确测量液位的反射式螺旋塑料光纤传感器

为消除工质成分和折射率（RI）对液位测量准确性的影响,利用低包层RI侧发光塑料光纤、反射镜、光纤固定杆和空气密封装置构建了反射式液位光纤传感器。首先,从理论及实验角度研究了光纤包层折射率对不同工质及不同折射率的同种工质液位测量的影响。然后,为了提高传感器灵敏度,研究了光纤螺旋直径和螺距对传感器灵敏度的影响。最后,研究了液位变化速率和工质温度对传感器响应特性的影响。研究结果表明,当工质RI大于光纤包层RI、液位变化速率为10～100 cm/min、工质温度变化范围为10～70℃时,传感器的输出与液位间具有线性关系。此外,测量结果不受工质成分、RI及工质液位变化速率的影响,传感器灵敏度可达0.0101 cm^-1,最大相对误差小于6.85%。     

基于无芯光纤强度调制型液位传感器的设计与性能

利用强度调制型光纤传感器容易解调的优势,提出了一种强度调制型光纤液位传感器.传感器由三根无芯光纤组成,其中,无芯光纤1与无芯光纤2串联构成测量臂,无芯光纤3构成参考臂.仿真分析得出,无芯光纤长度每缩短1mm,透射峰波长增加25.46nm.在0~50mm小液位范围内,实验测得传感器在水、5%NaCl、10%NaCl和15%NaCl水溶液四种液体环境中的液位灵敏度分别为0.069 5dB/mm、0.074 73dB/mm、0.077 49dB/mm及0.082 71dB/mm,线性度分别为0.998 25、0.998 49、0.988 11及0.995 13,线性度较高.该传感器可较好地消除光源光功率波动与环境温度变化带来的影响,重复性较好,在石油化工领域有一定的应用潜力.     

光纤包层模受抑全内反射传感机制及液位探头设计

分析和阐释了POF光纤的包层模受抑全内反射(CMFTIR)效应及其传感机制。提出利用光纤宏弯导致模场畸变从而激发光纤包层模式的方法获得显著的CMFTIR效应并利用其实现液位传感。实验表明CMFTIR效应相对微弱,极易淹没于强背景噪声中,为此通过噪声分析提出利用宏弯耦合获得暗场信号以进一步提升信噪比。设计了双绞宏弯耦合型液位探头及其封装结构。实验结果表明,暗场耦合信号具有明显的信噪比优势,实现传感器液位区分度大于3.7 dB。相较于同类液位探头,该传感器鲁棒性好,制作更加简单且成本更为低廉。     

基于啁啾布喇格光栅的液位传感器

设计了一种基于啁啾光纤布喇格光栅的新型液位传感器,该传感器主要由矩形悬臂梁构成的传感机构和光纤光谱仪组成。导出了啁啾光纤布喇格光栅的反射谱带宽与液位的关系;通过光谱仪检测啁啾光纤布拉格光栅反射谱的带宽,就可以得到被测液位的高度。并对设计的传感器系统进行了实验验证,实验结果表明,该啁啾光纤布拉格光栅反射谱带宽对温度变化不敏感,且在测量范围内,反射谱带宽与被测液位间有很好的线性关系。     

光纤布喇格光栅沉降传感器

根据光纤布喇格光栅的光学传感原理,提出了一种基于悬臂梁及金属弹性膜片的光纤布喇格光栅沉降传感器结构,对其传感特性进行了实验研究.实验通过产生水的液位差来模拟地基沉降,分析结果显示,光纤布喇格光栅中心反射波长漂移对液位差呈现良好的线性关系,线性度高于0.999,灵敏度可达-2.11 pm/mm.通过改变悬臂梁厚度和有效长度,可以对传感器测量范围和灵敏度进行调整,以满足各种应用场合.综合实验结果,该传感器在桥梁、铁路地基等沉降监测方面具有重要意义.     

基于在线型光纤迈克耳孙干涉仪的液位传感器

为了简化光纤液位传感器的设计与制作工艺,提出了一种基于纤芯失配模间干涉的在线型光纤迈克耳孙干涉仪,由单模光纤熔接一段细径光纤构成。单模-细径光纤熔点处充当耦合器,激发出光纤高阶包层模,纤芯基模与高阶包层模被细径光纤端面反射后传输至单模光纤产生模间干涉并输出。传感器干涉条纹清晰、对比度高,对环境液位改变敏感。对细径光纤长度为12mm的传感器进行了不同溶液液位和温度响应特性的实验研究,实验结果表明在0~9mm的液位变化范围内,干涉谷波长与液位呈线性关系,水液位灵敏度为-0.116nm/mm,质量分数为4.7%的NaCl溶液液位灵敏度为-0.129nm/mm;在20~80℃的水温变化范围内,干涉谷的温度灵敏度为0.038nm/℃。传感器结构简单、制作简便,而且成本低廉,在石油化工等领域具有较好的应用前景。     

温度效应对F-P腔光纤液位传感器系统的影响及自补偿

分析了温度效应对F-P腔光纤液位传感器系统的影响,提出相应的解决方案以实现对温度效应的自补偿.在26℃-28℃环境温度条件下,实验结果表明,在1.87 m（水）量程内经过优化的传感系统参考光动态稳定性可达到0.059 9%,准确度误差为1.122 mm.自补偿措施对获得高准确度、长期稳定性的光纤液位传感器具有重要意义.     

基于非本征Fabry-Perot腔光纤液位传感器研究

介绍了适用于液位测量的强度型非本征法布里-珀罗（F-P）腔光纤液位传感器的结构设计及其性能.实验观察到F-P腔具有良好的多周期输出特性和局部的线性特性,选用局部的1/4周期输出线性段作为线性工作区间可对液位进行高准确度、连续性测量.恰当选择敏感组件的尺寸可设计不同量程的传感器.实验结果表明,传感器测量3.5 m水位时,精确度为±2 mm,最小分辨率为1 mm.     

可双参量同时测量的干涉型全光纤传感器

提出并制作了一种马赫增德干涉仪级联光纤布喇格光栅的全光纤传感器,其中马赫增德干涉仪由两个球形结构组成,起分光器和耦合器的作用.分析了各项结构参量对灵敏度的影响,结果表明马赫增德干涉峰和光纤布喇格光栅的透射峰对不同参量的灵敏度不同.实验测得马赫增德干涉峰对温度、折射率和液位的灵敏度分别为0.072 45nm/℃、87.65nm/RIU和0.029 714nm/mm;光纤布喇格光栅透射峰对温度的灵敏度为0.009 89nm/℃,但对折射率、液位不灵敏,因此可利用敏感矩阵实现双参量同时测量.该传感器可广泛应用于化学、生物和制药等领域.     

Temperature-independent refractive index measurement based on Fabry-Perot fiber tip sensor modulated by Fresnel reflection

A simple fiber tip sensor for refractive index(RI) measurement based on Fabry-Perot(FP) interference modulated by Fresnel reflection is proposed and demonstrated.The sensor head consists of an etchinginduced micro air gap near the tip of a single-mode fiber.The microgap and the fiber tip function as two reflectors to form a FP cavity.The external RI can be unambiguously measured by monitoring the fringe contrast of the interference pattern from the reflection spectrum.The experimental results show that the proposed sensor achieves temperature-independent RI measurement with good linear response.The proposed sensor achieves a high RI resolution of up to 3.4×10 5 and has advantages of low cost and easy fabrication.     

Plasmon resonance microsensor for droplet analysis

Microscale fiber tip sensors based on the plasmon resonance are reported. The fabrication process derived from our previous approach for manufacturing near-field scanning optical microscopy probes has been optimized for sensing applications. A typical tip sensor is a tapered fiber 400 microm in length, coated with a nanoporous thin silver film. The miniaturized geometry of the sensor allows detection in a single droplet of liquid solution (approximately 20 microl). The tip sensor is sensitive for refractive indices between 1.33 and 1.40 with a sensitivity of at least 3 x 10(-4) refractive index unit (RIU)/nm. The Raman scattering enhancement through these microsensors demonstrates the important role played by the localized plasmon resonance. The sensors' linear response covers a large region, interesting for biosensing in aqueous environments such as biomedical applications.     

Design and operation of an evanescent optical fiber sensor

Design and operation of an optical fiber sensor based on the intensity modulation is reported in this article. Two distinct mechanisms are considered for the optical power loss and the sensor operation is explained in terms of these effects. The dominant loss mechanism is found to be the evanescent loss and based on this phenomenon the optical fiber sensor is designed. Performance of this sensor is tested as a liquid level sensor for water and the experimental results are reported. The dry and wet signals for this probe are measured for a series of measurements and important factors concerning the design and operation of sensor are described. The precision of measured values, reproducibility of the results, and the stability of sensing operation as a function of time are reported. Variation of the output reading of the sensor system for different launching power is also investigated. The output signal of an optical fiber sensor in general is nonlinear, but both the signal difference (dry minus wet) and diff/dry signal ratio for the reported sensor show linear dependence with the launching power at intensities below threshold. The reported results are promising and verify the successful operation of such a device as an on/off level switch and also as a liquid level sensor.     

Design and performance of a plastic optical fiber leakage sensor

In this article design and operation of a plastic optical fiber (POF) sensor based on the unconventional light leakage from one fiber to another one causing intensity modulation are presented. The dominant loss mechanism was found to be the evanescent loss and based on this phenomenon the optical fiber sensor was designed. The penetration depth of evanescent wave as a function of different refractive index of cladding was calculated. Operation of this sensor was tested as a liquid level sensor for different liquids and the experimental results are compared. The dry (air interface layer) and wet output (liquid interface layer) signals for this probe were measured for a series of measurements and important factors concerning sensor operation are described. The precision of measured values, reproducibility of the results (1.35% error), and the stability of sensing operation as a function of time at different launching powers are also reported (0.85% error). The reported results for this design are promising and verify the successful operation of such a device as a liquid level probe and also as an on/off level switch.     

Fiber-optic sensor for liquid level measurement

A novel (to the best of our knowledge) liquid level sensor based on multimode interference (MMI) effects is proposed and demonstrated. By using a multimode fiber (MMF) without cladding, known as no-core fiber, liquids around the MMF modify the self-imaging properties of the MMI device and the liquid level can be detected. We show that the sensor exhibits a highly linear response with the sensing range and multiplexed operations easily controlled by just modifying the length of the no-core fiber. At the same time, we can measure the refractive index of the liquid based on the maximum peak wavelength shift. We can also use the sensor for continuous and discrete liquid level sensing applications, thus providing a liquid level sensor that is inexpensive with a very simple fabrication process.     

采用DDS的近场扫描光学显微镜探针-样品的纳米距离检测

近场扫描光学显微术中, 近场距离的检测和控制是需要解决的核心技术之一. 本文研究了基于DDS驱动的压电传感器, 在一个压电陶瓷片上, 电极被分成相同的两部分, 分别用于振动驱动和振幅检测. 近场扫描的光纤探针固定于此压电陶瓷片上. 振动驱动信号采用DDS, 在样品的远场时, 可以通过频率扫描得到误差在0.006 Hz以内的压电陶瓷片谐振频率驱动信号, 而当光纤探针处于样品的近场距离之内时, 压电陶瓷片的谐振频率偏离驱动信号频率, 振幅明显减小, 从而检测出近场距离. 高精度振动驱动源DDS和高灵敏度压电传感器的采用提高了检测灵敏度和工作稳定性.     

Highly sensitive miniature photonic crystal fiber refractive index sensor based on mode field excitation

A highly sensitive miniature photonic crystal fiber refractive index sensor based on field mode excitation is presented. The sensor is fabricated by melting one end of a photonic crystal fiber into a rounded tip and splicing and collapsing the other end with a single-mode fiber. The rounded tip is able to induce cladding mode excitation, which resulted in an additional phase delay. Linear response of 262.28 nm/refractive index unit in the refractive index range of 1.337 to 1.395 is obtained for the physical length of a 953 μm sensor. The sensor is also shown to be insensitive to environmental temperature.     

温度对光纤法-珀液位传感器腔深度的影响与补偿

在深入研究温度对光纤法-珀液位传感器腔深度影响的基础上,提出一种特别的腔结构设计,可以几乎完全补偿温度对F-P腔深度影响,使得腔的温度稳定性很好.这种压力式全光型光纤液位传感器的安装非常方便,特别适合于对已有的装载易燃易爆物质的大型油罐、储液罐等进行自动化监测与管理,也适合于一般工业生产与生活中液位的精密监控.     

干涉条纹计数法光纤Fabry-Perot腔液位传感器

提出一种抗光源波动和外界干扰的条纹计数法光纤Fabry-Perot腔干涉型液位传感器.为适应这种条纹计数法对应变大挠度的要求,采用波纹管作应力弹性元件;对干涉条纹走向(或液位升降判向),分别提出实用的硬件设计方案和计算机软件处理办法;给出一种腔长温度补偿设计;实际制作了双光路光纤Fabry-Perot腔液位传感器,进行了实际气压模拟试验和实际水位测量试验,取得了良好结果.