Compact microfiber Bragg gratings with high-index contrast

We fabricate fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in microfibers (MFs) using focused ion beam milling technique. By periodically etching 100 nm-depth grooves on the surface of silica MFs with diameters less than 2 μm, evident grating features with transmission dip up to 15 dB are obtained. Because of the high-index contrast of the gratings structure, the length of the microfiber Bragg grating (MFBG) can be reduced to 500 μm level. Using a 518 μm-length 1.8 μm-diameter MFBG, we also demonstrate sensitivity up to 660 nm per refractive index unit (RIU) for refractive index (RI) sensing. The highly compact MFBGs demonstrated here may serve as low-dimensional building blocks for miniaturized photonic components and devices.     

Ultrasensitive refractive-index sensors based on rectangular silica microfibers

We demonstrate an ultrasensitive refractive-index (RI) sensor utilizing the polarimetric interference of a rectangular silica microfiber. The measured sensitivity is as high as 18,987 nm/RIU (refractive-index unit) around the RI of 1.33, which is 1 order of magnitude higher than that of the previously reported microfiber devices. Theoretical analysis reveals that such high sensitivity not only is originated from the RI-induced birefringence variation but also relies on the unique birefringence dispersion property for the rectangular microfiber. We predict that the sensitivity can be enhanced significantly when the group birefringence approaches zero.     

用一根光纤光栅实现温度与应变的同时测量

报道了一种用一根光纤光栅实现温度与应变同时测量的新方案。用于同时传感温度与应变的光纤光栅写于两种不同光纤的连接处,本身具有两个反射峰。将其中半个光栅粘于热膨胀系数较大的基底材料上,这样,两个反射峰便具有不同的温度及应变响应,由此实现温度与应变的同时测量。     

Temperature-insensitive strain measurement using differential double Bragg grating technique

A novel differential double Bragg grating sensor for temperature-insensitive strain measurement is presented. The sensor consists of two identical weak measuring and reference gratings separated by some distance. The reference grating is placed inside the silica capillary that made it almost strain insensitive. The basic idea in differential double Bragg grating sensor is to measure the energy of the oscillating term in the reflection spectrum of double Bragg grating structure. The normalized energy of the interference term depends on the pitch difference of the two gratings and does not change when pitch variations of both gratings are equal with temperature variation. Therefore, the normalized energy of the interference term can be used for the temperature-insensitive strain measurement.     

用光纤光栅的啁啾效应实现温度不敏感的弯曲传感

本文首次将光纤布喇格光栅在梯度分布的应变作用下产生的啁啾效应应用于弯曲传感,提出了一种新颖的光纤光栅弯曲传感方法.由于传感量为光纤光栅的带宽,传感测量完全避开了温度的交叉敏感效应,实验测量得到了很好的线性响应.基于光谱分析仪0.1nm的光谱分辨率,实验的曲率分辨率为0.036m^-1,测量范围可达4m^-1.     

Microfiber Fabry-Perot interferometer fabricated by taper-drawing technique and its application as a radio frequency interrogated refractive index sensor

We propose a novel fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) that incorporates a length of microfiber as its cavity and two fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) as reflectors. The microfiber FPI is simply fabricated by flame-heated taper-drawing the central spot of an FBG into a section of microfiber. Ambient refractive index (RI) influences the effective index of microfiber, and thus the free spectrum range of the microfiber FPI, resulting in RI sensing. A dual-wavelength fiber laser based on the microfiber FPI is constructed, enabling radio frequency interrogation with high resolution. RI sensitivity of 911 MHz/RIU is experimentally demonstrated for microfiber FPI with equivalent diameter of 1.455 μm. Simulation results indicate that the sensitivity can be further enhanced by reducing the diameter of the microfiber.     

一种新颖的温度补偿光纤光栅应力传感测量技术

分析了光纤Bragg光栅的应变响应原理,通过实验观察光纤光栅粘贴在厚度不均的悬臂梁上产生的双峰响应,证明悬臂梁结构的不均匀会使整个光纤光栅受到不同的应力而产生两个反射峰,并且两个反射峰之间的距离随着应力的增加呈线性变化。实验中,当载荷为200g时,两个反射峰之间距离达到0.16nm,而温度变化不会引起两个反射峰之间的变化。利用这种结构的封装,可以克服光纤光栅对温度和应力交叉敏感的问题,消除温度变化引起的应力测量误差,实现一个光纤光栅对应力单参量的测量。     

Wavelength-tunable, passively mode-locked fiber laser based on graphene and chirped fiber Bragg grating

We demonstrate a wavelength-tunable, passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on graphene and chirped fiber Bragg grating. The saturable absorber used to enable passive mode-locking in the fiber laser is a section of microfiber covered by graphene film, which allows light-graphene interaction via the evanescent field of the microfiber. The wavelength of the laser can be continuously tuned by adjusting the chirped fiber Bragg grating, while maintaining mode-locking stability. Such a system has high potential in tuning the mode-locked laser pulses across a wide wavelength range.     

高双折射光子晶体光纤中均匀布拉格光栅的特性

研究了具有高双折射的光子晶体光纤(HB PCF)中均匀布拉格光栅(FBG)的光谱特性。利用紧凑的超格子模型,对光子晶体光纤的传输特性进行分析,研究正向传输和反向传输的模式之间的耦合规律,从而研究写入光子晶体光纤中的均匀布拉格光栅的特性。首先给出具有C6v对称性的零双折射光子晶体光纤中光纤布拉格光栅的布拉格波长λB随光纤结构参量的变化规律;然后分析一种高双折射光子晶体光纤中的光纤布拉格光栅的光谱特性,高双折射使两个不同偏振态的反射峰分开较大;最后分析了一种常用的双模双折射光子晶体光纤中光纤布拉格光栅的光谱特性,LP01模和LPe11模的两个偏振态对应的反射谱都由于高双折射而分开。     

双锥型光纤布喇格光栅光谱特性

利用传输矩阵法和有限元法分析了光栅周期、调制深度、锥腰直径和不同设计区段长度比等光栅制作参量和结构设计参量对双锥型光纤布喇格光栅光谱特性的影响.软件仿真结果表明:限定相关参量后,光栅周期增大,双锥型光纤布喇格光栅整体反射谱右移,与均匀分布光纤布喇格光栅光谱变化规律一致;调制深度增强,两主反射峰基本不变,而两主反射峰中间的次级峰个数增多,光强增大;锥腰直径减小,激发更多包层模,干涉峰个数增多,强度提升;整根光栅长度保持1cm不变,锥腰区,标准光栅区和渐变光栅区长度比直接影响次级峰的数量和幅值,随着渐变光栅区长度占比的增大,次级峰的幅值增大,同时个数减少.双锥型光纤布喇格光栅可在多参量传感器、多通道滤波器、多通道半导体激光器、色散补偿和光上下载分插复用等方面广泛应用.     

双波长啁啾相移光纤光栅

理论研究并实验验证了一种含有两段π相移的啁啾相移光纤光栅.采用F矩阵对啁啾相移光纤光栅进行计算并分析了该光栅的谱特性.含有两段π相移的啁啾相移光纤光栅可以在普通啁啾光栅透射谱阻带中产生双波长透射峰,透射峰位置直接取决于光栅中π相移的位置,透射峰的线宽和透射峰的波长间隔没有关系,仅随着啁啾率的增大而增大.采用带相位掩模的逐点扫描法对含有两段π相移的双波长啁啾相移光栅进行了制作,获得波长间隔为8 nm的双波长透射谱的光栅器件.该光栅的消光比和3 dB谱线宽分别为20 dB和0.08 nm,实验结果和理论设计一致.     

High-sensitivity temperature sensor based on Bragg grating in BDK-doped photosensitive polymer optical fiber

A single-mode polymer optical fiber (POF) with highly photosensitive core doped with benzil dimethyl ketal (BDK) is fabricated and used for writing Bragg grating through the two-beam interference method. The Bragg wavelength of the grating is about 1570 nm, while the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the reflection peak is 0.3 nm. The temperature response of POF Bragg grating is theoretically analyzed and experimentally measured in contrast to silica optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The result shows that the temperature character of POF Bragg grating is negative, which is opposite to the silica optical FBG. The absolute value of the temperature response of POF Bragg grating is one order of magnitude higher than that of the silica optical FBG, making POF Bragg grating appear to be very attractive for constructing temperature sensors with high resolution.     

Simultaneous measurement of bending and temperature based on a single sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating embedded on a flexible cantilever beam

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple and practical scheme for simultaneous measurement of bending and temperature based on a single sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating with multiple resonant peaks, which is embedded on a flexible cantilever beam. The wavelength spacing of the grating can be changed by adjusting the bending curvature change, since the compressive strain gradient induced by the bending of the cantilever beam changes the chirp ratio of the fiber grating. However, the wavelength spacing of the fiber grating is not changed by the temperature variation; the multiple resonant wavelengths are only shifted into the longer wavelength because of the positive thermal-expansion and thermo-optic coefficients of the fiber grating. Consequently, the proposed scheme allows for discrimination between two effects of bending and temperature.     

带宽调制型单光纤光栅温变无补偿位移传感

报道了利用反射谱带宽调制和光强差分探测技术实现单一光纤光栅温变无补偿位移精确测量的新方法。设计了一种结构新颖的曲臂梁位移传感装置,结合光波导理论与材料力学原理分析了光纤光栅在高斯应变作用下光栅反射谱侧向梯度展宽的成因,理论推导了特殊结构梁在外力作用下光栅反射谱带宽/反射光强与压力之间的响应关系。光栅反射谱侧向梯度展宽的同时反射光强线性增加,利用光强差分检测方法消除光源出光抖动的影响,提高了位移测量精度。基于带宽调制的光纤光栅位移传感方法免受温度变化的影响,在-10℃~80℃的温度变化范围内,测量误差小于1.2%,实现了单光纤光栅温变无补偿位移测量。     

Observation of type I and type II gratings behavior in polymer optical fiber

We report the first observation of type I and type II fiber grating behaviors in making polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings. Our observation reveals that there are two distinctive stages in the fabrication of polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings. Notably the two stages of grating formation correspond to low and high-index modulation gratings, which match well with those in silica fiber grating fabrication. Thus we refer them as type I and type II polymer fiber gratings, following the same nomenclatures for different types of silica fiber gratings. In addition, the characteristics and formation mechanism for type I and type II polymer fiber gratings are also examined.     

Simple sensing head geometry using fibre Bragg gratings for strain-temperature discrimination

In this work, a simple sensing head geometry using fibre Bragg gratings for strain and temperature discrimination is presented. The sensing head geometry consists in one fibre with two FBGs bonded with a dummy optical fibre. Due to this new configuration, different strain sensitivities of the two FBGs are obtained (≈65% difference), while temperature sensitivities remain the same. This difference in strain sensitivities is substantially larger than in all previously reported dual grating sensors. The obtained experimental errors were ±13.48 με and ±2.44 °C, respectively. It is also demonstrated that this new configuration can be used as a temperature-independent strain sensor.     

Investigation on micro/nanofiber Bragg grating for refractive index sensing

We propose a refractometric sensor based on micro/nanofiber Bragg grating (MNFBG). The refractive index (RI) sensing performance dependence on the fiber radius and Bragg grating period of the sensor, as well as the temperature cross-sensitive effect, is investigated theoretically. The simulation results demonstrate that 400 nm-radius MNFBG has a linear response to RI ranging from 1.3 to 1.39 with a sensitivity as high as 992.7 nm/RIU and half temperature cross-sensitivity of normal FBG. A maximum sensitivity of up to 1200 nm/RIU and an outstanding RI resolution of 8.3 × 10^-6 can be achieved. MNFBG has high potential in various types of optical fiber sensor applications.     

柚子型微结构光纤Bragg光栅温度和应变传感特性研究

通过对柚子型微结构光纤Bragg光栅的多个反射峰的温度和应变传感特性进行的理论和实验 研究，得出柚子型微结构光纤Bragg光栅的反射波长与温度呈二次关系，且理论和实验二者 吻合较好; 同时发现每个反射峰的温度灵敏度不同.理论分析柚子型微结构光纤Bragg光栅的 反射波长与应变呈线性关系，实验得到了该种Bragg光栅的反射波长与应变的线性关系，实 验结果与理论分析相吻合.由于微结构光纤光栅反射谱中多个峰对温度和应变等物理量敏感 度不一致，这种Bragg光栅更适合应用到多参量传感领域. 关键词： 微结构光纤 光纤Bragg光栅 温度传感 应变传感     

Refractive index sensor using microfiber-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer

A simple and robust refractive index (RI) sensor based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer has been demonstrated. A section of optical microfiber drawn from silica fiber is employed as the sensing arm. Because of the evanescent field, a slight change of the ambient RI will lead to the variation of the microfiber propagation constant, which will further change the optical length. In order to compensate the variation of the optical length difference, a tunable optical delay line (ODL) is inserted into the other arm. By measuring the delay of the ODL, the ambient RI can be simply demodulated. A high RI sensitivity of about 7159 μm/refractive index unit is achieved at microfiber diameter of 2.0 μm.     

A novel dual-wavelength fiber Bragg grating and its application in fiber ring laser

A novel method for fabricating dual-wavelength fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) by using one phase mask is developed. The method is based on a double-exposure technique. Our technique lends itself to writing gratings with controllable reflectivity and separation of two Bragg wavelengths. A grating with two equal transmission peaks of 20.25 dB is obtained by this method and the separation of the two Bragg wavelengths is about 0.8 nm. With the grating, we demonstrate a dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser whose interval of the two peaks is 0.8 nm. The laser's peak powers can get 3.1 mW above and have a good stability.