Multiwavelength Raman-fiber-laser-based long-distance remote sensor for simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature

We propose a simple and flexible multiwavelength Raman-fiber-laser-based long-distance remote-sensing scheme for simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature by use of fiber Bragg gratings. By combining two uniform fiber Bragg gratings with a tunable chirped fiber grating, we readily achieve simultaneous two-channel sensing probes with a high extinction ratio of more than approximately 50 dB over a 50-km distance. When strain and temperature are applied, lasing wavelength separation and shift occur, respectively, since the two uniform fiber Bragg gratings have identical material composition and different cladding diameters. This allows simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature for long-distance sensing applications of more than 50 km.     

A large capacity sensing network with identical weak fiber Bragg gratings multiplexing

A quasi-distributed optical fiber sensing network with large multiplexing capacity, which is based on identical weak fiber Bragg gratings, is proposed, theoretically analyzed and experimentally studied. The key technique is the demodulation technology named “Optical wavelength time-domain reflection (OWTDR),” which utilizes the optical power variation of reflected sensing signal in both time domain and wavelength domain. The influence of reflectivity of fiber grating, interval between adjacent gratings and transmission loss of delay fiber on the multiplexing capacity of sensing system are discussed. Analyzed results demonstrate that this sensing scheme can effectively increase the multiplexing capacity of sensing system up to 1000, implement multi-point synchronous measurement and reduce the cost of signal demodulation. 9 Identical weak fiber Bragg gratings with the same Bragg wavelength of 1536.651 nm, reflectivity of 6%, bandwidth of 0.07 nm are written in series to investigate the performance of the proposed scheme.     

利用啁啾光纤光栅进行色散补偿的研究

分析了由于光纤的色散引起的脉冲展宽,并介绍了啁啾布拉格光纤光栅进行色散补偿的基本原理。２－５Ｇｂ／ｓ、１００ｋｍ 色散补偿的实验结果表明,利用啁啾光纤光栅进行色散补偿是一种切实可行的色散补偿方案。     

三角形大带宽反射光谱光纤光栅的设计和制备

反射谱具有三角形形状的光纤光栅在光纤传感等领域中具有重要的应用前景。利用遗传算法设计出了产生三角形光谱分布的光纤光栅的耦合系数沿光纤的分布。计算表明,三角形光谱光纤光栅是可以实现的,其反射带宽可以通过光栅的啁啾量进行调节,常周期的三角光栅反射带宽小,变周期的三角光栅反射带宽大,其带宽同其啁啾量大致相等。实验中,采用光束扫描法制备了反射底宽为0．77nm三角形光谱的光纤光栅。     

多波长啁啾叠栅的矩阵分析

在分析多波长啁啾叠栅特征的基础上,提出了多波长啁啾叠栅的矩阵分析模型,采用矩阵分析模型对4波长和8波长啁啾叠栅的反射谱特性进行了理论分析,数值分析结果与实验结果非常一致.还首次数值模拟了波长间隔0.8 nm的16波长啁啾叠栅.此方法对多波长啁啾叠栅的设计和制作具有参考价值.     

Analysis of sampled fiber Bragg gratings in polarization-maintaining fiber

A novel type of sampled fiber Bragg gratings （FBGs） written in polarization-maintaining fiber （PMF） is proposed. The reflection spectrum, time delay, and group velocity dispersion （GVD） of the gratings are analyzed. In addition, the reflection spectrum is optimized by apodization. The scheme of multi-wavelength output based on the gratings is proposed, which could be used as a multi-wavelength polarization filter in the density wavelength division multiplexed （DWDM） system.     

Temporal characterization of short pulses stretched by fiber Bragg gratings

Short femtosecond pulses at 1054 nm are stretched up to 400 ps by long broadband chirped-fiber Bragg gratings. The temporal profile of the reflected pulses is measured with a cross-correlation scheme. The advantage of this technique over the usual spectral measurements is its high sensitivity, since the temporal profile of reflected pulses is revealed to be strongly affected by the presence of defects in the grating. We show that this method is a good test of the quality of fiber Bragg gratings.     

取样布拉格光纤光栅的传输矩阵

根据在一般坐标系下均匀布拉格光纤光栅的传输矩阵,得到了取样布拉格光纤光栅的传输矩阵。利用傅里叶变换得到了取样布拉格光纤光栅的谐振方程。结果表明,在不考虑平均折射率变化的情况下,谐振峰的位置是由光栅的周期和取样周期共同确定的,与取样时的占空比、光栅长度和耦合系数没有关系。类似于物理光栅,取样布拉格光纤光栅也存在缺级现象,给出了出现缺级的条件。     

Grating-Outcoupled Radiation in Second-Order Fiber Bragg Gratings

Abstract

The experimental results of the radiation for second-order fiber Bragg gratings, which are made of a single-mode photosensitive fiber (PS-1500; Fiber-Core Corp.) and a single-mode fiber (SMF-28; Corning Inc.), by a phase mask writing fabrication technique are explored. For PS-1500 fiber Bragg gratings, the maximum radiation efficiency of ?23.5 dB at resonance λ = 1,539.34 nm with a very narrow bandwidth (about 0.02 nm) are measured from a 10-mm-diameter photo-detector, while for SMF-28 fiber Bragg gratings, the maximum radiation efficiency is ?34.6 dB (λ = 1,538.03 nm) with a bandwidth of 0.06 nm. The total efficiencies of the radiation are about ?16.8 dB for PS-1500 fiber Bragg gratings and ?28.1 dB for SMF-28 fiber Bragg gratings.     

切趾技术对光纤布拉格光栅法布里-珀罗滤波器反射特性优化的研究

利用矩阵分析法,针对两个相同光栅构成的光纤布拉格光栅法布里-珀罗(F-P)腔滤波器进行理论分析。数值模拟分析了光栅长度变化对光栅以及F-P腔滤波器反射特性的影响,指出光栅长度增加对反射特性影响的优缺点,分析利用常用切趾函数对光栅进行切趾,减小由于光栅长度增加导致反射谱的的旁瓣增大,对组成的F-P腔滤波器的反射特性的优化,得到了光栅切趾对F-P腔滤波器的反射特性的影响规律。对于在实际应用中制作出性能优良的光纤布拉格光栅F-P腔滤波器有一定的参考价值。     

Interrogation unit for fiber Bragg grating sensors that uses a slanted fiber grating

A novel interrogation technique for fiber Bragg gratings is presented. It is based on measuring the characteristics of the outgoing near-field radiation from a tilted fiber grating. This scheme was experimentally checked and was found to offer a wide wavelength interrogation range as well as a good linearity, stability, and wavelength resolution.     

73-nm tuning of a double-clad Yb<Superscript>3+</Superscript>-doped fiber laser based on a hybrid array

We report on a wide wavelength tuning in a double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber laser. The laser cavity consists of an array of broadband high-reflection fiber Bragg gratings and a bulk grating as the output coupler and wavelength selection element. The proposed fiber laser configuration combines a low intracavity loss of the fiber Bragg grating mirrors with a wide wavelength tuning of the bulk gratings. We demonstrate a >70-nm wavelength tuning range, limited only by the available fiber Bragg gratings.     

温度补偿的光纤光栅应力传感系统的研究

提出并实验了一种有温度补偿的用于测量应力的光纤光栅传感系统。该系统用一组光纤光栅作为温度传感元件 ,对另一组应力传感的光纤光栅作温度补偿 ,有效地消除了由于温度变化而带来的应力测量误差。用一个应变仪作为系统的读出设备 ,使系统的测量结果的线性拟合度达 0 999。     

Applications of Fiber Bragg Gratings to Microwave Photonics (Invited Paper)

Some of the work that has been recently carried outjointly by the Optical Communications Group of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and the Optical Fibre Group of the Universidad de Valancia on the applications of fiber Bragg gratings to microwave photonics is described. The paper investigates separately some applications of linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings (LCFBGs) and uniform fiber Bragg gratings (UFBGs).     

光纤Bragg光栅的饱和效应

光纤 Bragg光栅的饱和效应可引起二阶衍射,并使一阶衍射的峰值反射率下降.本文利用折射率变化模型和耦合模理论,模拟了饱和情况下 Bragg光栅的一阶和二阶衍射谱,并讨论了饱和系数对一阶和二阶衍射的 Bragg波长和峰值反射率的影响.数值模拟结果与参考文献中的实验结果相吻合.     

双重光纤布拉格光栅的耦合理论分析

双重光纤布拉格光栅无论是在通信领域还是在传感领域都有着重要的应用价值。在分析双重光纤光栅折射率扰动特征的基础上,得出了它的耦合方程,并采用数值计算方法,对它的光谱特性及影响光谱特性的因素进行了系统的分析,重点讨论了两个光栅的关联特性,所用的分析方法和得到的结果对双重光纤光栅的制作和应用具有参考价值。     

Semiconductor optical amplifier-based laser with 25 km long cavity length utilizing sagnac fiber ring structure

In the investigation, we propose and demonstrate a Sagnac ring based fiber laser structure using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) to act as a gain medium with short to long fiber cavity lengths for wavelength lasing and tuning. Here, ten fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with different reflected Bragg wave-lengths are used serving as the reflected element in the proposed laser configuration for wavelength lasing and remote sensing simultaneously. Furthermore, the different cavity fiber lengths of a few ten m to 25 km, which are used in the proposed laser scheme, has been analyzed and discussed.     

1.6 μm band double pass fiber Raman amplifiers using Raman fiber oscillator

We propose double pass fiber Raman amplifier schemes based on Raman fiber oscillator in order to amplify optical signal with wavelengths from 1610 to 1650 nm efficiently. We experimentally demonstrate that the proposed double pass amplifier scheme has enhanced gain characteristics compared to a conventional single pass scheme. We also demonstrate a scheme for the proposed double pass amplifier to have small gain variation over the wavelength range by using two fiber Bragg gratings with different center wavelengths.     

Analysis and design of nonlinear fiber Bragg gratings and their application for optical compression of reflected pulses

We demonstrate a novel split-step solution for analyzing nonlinear fiber Bragg gratings. The solution is used for designing nonlinear fiber Bragg gratings with a low reflectivity. The structure of the grating is designed according to the profiles of the incident and reflected pulses. We demonstrate our method for nonlinear compression of a pulse reflected from a fiber Bragg grating. The method allows us to obtain compressed pulses with a very low wing intensity.     

Multi-point, fiber-optic gas detection with intra-cavity spectroscopy

A novel intra-cavity fiber laser system is demonstrated for multi-point gas detection. The laser uses fiber Bragg gratings as wavelength-selective cavity mirrors and a tunable filter to tune the operating wavelength to the Bragg wavelength of a selected Bragg grating. The Bragg wavelengths of the gratings are chosen to be aligned to different absorption lines of a gas or gases, allowing gas concentrations at multiple locations to be determined.