Detection and analysis of paraffin oil adulteration in coconut oil using fiber optic long period grating sensor

A fiber optic sensing system for the detection of adulteration of coconut oil by paraffin oil is experimentally demonstrated. The sensing mechanism is based on the sensitive dependence of the resonance peaks of a long period grating (LPG) on the changes of the refractive index of the environmental medium surrounding the cladding surface of the grating. The wavelength shift of the attenuation bands of the LPG was measured with the sensor immersed in a mixture of paraffin oil and pure coconut oil in different proportions. Detection limit of adulteration was found to be 3% for coconut oil-paraffin oil binary mixture.     

Study and investigation of long period grating as refractive index sensor

In this paper, we have investigated the response of long period grating (LPG) as refractive index sensor. The response has been studied for refractive index variation ranging from 1 to 1.45. In this work, we found that the sensing mechanism is based on two different aspects. First is the change of coupling power from the guided core mode to other co-propagating cladding modes and second is the wavelength shift of the peak resonant wavelengths from their original positions due the change of refractive index of the environmental (external) medium surrounding the cladding of the grating.     

Determination of thermo-optic coefficient in liquids with fiber Bragg grating refractometer

In this work the thermo-optic coefficients of hydrocarbon samples have been determined using etched fiber Bragg grating (FBG), where the effective refractive index (RI) of the fundamental mode becomes dependent on the surrounding refractive index. The technique is based on the cross-sensitivity that the device presents to temperature and refractive index. The thermal response of FBG is characterized for samples with different refractive indices. The inherent temperature effects are distinguished from the RI, due to induced effects changes in the refractive index caused by the thermo-optic effect. For comparison purposes, literature data has been used to work with such parameters for water. The parameter obtained for ethanol (−3.99 ± 0.20) × 10⁻⁴ °C⁻¹ at 1550 nm is in close proximity with the literature data, −4 × 10⁻⁴ °C⁻¹, in the visible range.     

The use of defocussed position of a Ronchi grating for evaluating the refractive index of lens

This report describes a Ronchi-grating shearing interferometric collimation method for determining the refractive index of a lens. A new formula has been deduced for the refractive index of the lens, which is independent of lens parameters. This newly developed device has two lenses. One of them collimates the light from a point source while the other acts as a decollimator. The point source acting as a test target is situated in the front focal plane of the collimator. The test lens is placed inside a glass cell in the back focal plane of the collimator. The Ronchi grating is exactly placed in the back focal plane of the decollimator, and a fringe-free space is observed in the common region. When the test lens is immersed in a liquid cell, it disturbs the focal point and hence interference fringes are observed. The combined system consisting of the test lens and the decollimator is moved to bring the focal point on the Ronchi grating. Thus, the difference between the two settings gives the amount of defocusing.     

On the theoretical possibility to apply an acoustic diffraction grating as a complex frequency filter device for electronic signals

In electronics, it is well known that filtering devices can be made that are able to decompose a signal instantaneously into a number of real frequency components. This procedure is equivalent to a numerical real time Fourier transform. However, it is also known that an electronic signal can be decomposed not just in real frequency components, but also in complex frequency components. The current paper shows that it is theoretically possible to create a device, made of a periodically rough surface and a system that transforms the electronic signal into acoustic waves, that can be used to measure the amplitude attributed to considered complex frequency components of an electronic signal, in real time. This 'thought device' is mainly based on the directivity of diffracted sound and the complex frequency dependence of this directivity.     

Characterization of fiber Bragg grating for maximum reflectivity based on modulation depth of refractive index

This study proposed the modeling of fiber Bragg grating as a sensor for the optimum reflectivity with minimum discontinuities at the end of center wavelength. Recent advancement in optical sensor technology, make it necessary to generate the optimum results with minimum error. In this analysis, dependence of grating output spectra on various parameters has been studied for minimum bandwidth, side lobes and maximum reflectivity. In previous studies effect of length and other parameters has been studied. In this paper author has included the effect of modulation depth also. Study shows that grating length and modulation depth of refractive index of core are very critical factors which significantly alter the grating characteristics. Here low absorption third window of optical communication is used for the sake of low attenuation. All the simulation has done using GratingMOd software using transfer matrix method.     

Analysis of the diffraction by the gratings generated in the materials with a nonlinear response

Diffraction by a thick transmission phase grating being illuminated by a plane wave at the first, second and third Bragg angles is analyzed using the rigorous coupled-wave theory for the materials having a nonlinear response to the holographic illumination. It is shown that in the case of nonlinear holographic recording the two-wave approximation can be applied with the use of the effective value of the amplitudes of the refractive index modulation (n_1ef, n_2ef, and n_3ef). The applicability conditions of such approximation are defined. The analytical dependencies of n_1ef, n_2ef, and n_3ef on the amplitudes of the first, second and third harmonics of spatial frequency of the refraction index modulation amplitude n₁, n₂ and n₃ are derived and the criteria of their applicability are established here. The resulting expressions for the diffraction efficiencies are given for readout at three Bragg angles. The results of analytical and numerical methods are compared. The obtained formulas are used for the calculation of n₁, n₂ and n₃ of the holographic gratings generated in the photopolymer material.     

Improving the performance of chirped fiber grating with cladding being etched as sinusoidal function

A new grating structure of cladding being etched as sinusoidal function along the grating length is introduced to improve their performance. When a tension is applied to it, the fiber grating not only exhibits a flattop spectrum with steep edges and high reflectivity, but also has a smoothly time delay curve. The bandwidth utilization defined as the ratio of −1:−30 could be achieved a larger value (>0.90). The −3 dB bandwidth and the bandwidth utilization could be tunable with the increment of tension applied to the grating and the linearly chirped modulus.     

Numerical approach for designing a Bragg grating acousto-optic modulator using the finite element and the transfer matrix methods

The finite element and transfer matrix methods are applied in the design of a Bragg grating acousto-optic modulator. For simulation purposes, the device is taken as a single structure, composed of the silica horn and the fiber Bragg grating. The approach allows the strain field to be completely characterized along the whole structure and leads to a better understanding of the influence of the horn dimensions on the design and performance of the modulator. Results obtained using the two methods show an excellent agreement with experimental data in similar structures of the same dimensions.     

Numerical analysis of plasmon polarition refractive index fiber sensors with hollow core and a long period grating

The main principle of this design is based on the efficient energy transfer between the waveguide mode (WM) and the co-directional SPP provided by a properly designed fiber long period grating (LPG). This LPG is imprinted into a waveguide fiber layer of a specially designed hollow core optical fiber. The simulations are based on the finite element method (FEM) algorithm in electromagnetics and coupled mode theory for gratings. Compared to the previous proposed structure using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG), this novel kind of sensor can greatly enhance the refractive index sensitivity, e.g., from 5.93 nm/RIU (with FBG) to 817 nm/RIU (with LPG) at the sensing refractive index of 1.40. The other advantage is that the working conditions can be performed for the well-developed telecom wavelength windows 1500-1600 nm.     

光纤光栅漏油传感器在石油工业健康监测中的应用

光纤光栅漏油传感器作为石油工业健康监测的智能器件具有很好的发展前景。设计了一种应用于石油工业健康监测的光纤光栅漏油传感器。通过实验得出：该光纤光栅传感器漏油报警线为1.0nm,响应时间小于3min,且该传感器具有良好的综合性能和安全使用性,能够在石油工业健康监测中起到积极的作用。     

Refractive index sensitivity characteristic of long-period grating in holey fiber with dual-channel measuring method

Dual-channel measuring method based on long-period grating in holey fiber (LPHFG) is proposed, in which cladding mode interacts with medium filled in air holes and surrounding LPHFG simultaneously. Mode coupling properties and resonance spectral response of LPHFG are numerically investigated with respect to refractive index sensitivity characteristic to the variation of medium with dual-channel measuring method. It is proved that dual-channel measuring method can enhance the index sensitivity characteristic, which can be further improved by elaborately choosing appropriate cladding mode. Dual-channel measuring method provides an excellent alternative to the index-based sensors and detectors. Cladding mode in holey fiber with special radius is very sensitive to the variation of wavelength and medium, and it can turn into high-order or low-order cladding mode. The characteristics of cladding mode to wavelength and medium could be used to optimize the index-based sensor, and it also can be used in mode conversion.     

光导板中新型衍射元件的数值模拟研究

基于严格耦合波理论,数值计算了一种在闪耀斜面镀膜的亚波长光栅结构,并首次提出将该光栅应用于光导板的设计中,使光导板衍射的RGB光束无需经过滤色片,直接透射相应的像素点。在数值计算中,设定入射光为TE偏振态、入射角为60°、波长为RGB三基色。光栅以有机玻璃为基底,二氧化钛为膜层,并随波长改变周期、闪耀角等参数。计算结果表明,该光栅的一级衍射光可垂直于表面出射,一级衍射效率随膜厚渐变,最高达37%,其余非零级次的衍射效率低于2%。将该特性的光栅应用于新型光导板的数值建模中,并对光栅的制作进行了工艺容差分析,计算得归一化能量的标准差小于1%,总衍射效率接近80%。     

测量熔融金属密度的浮子式光纤Bragg光栅传感器

密度可以解释熔融金属的性质和行为,密度的变化特征反映了熔融金属内部原子距离和配位数等的基本变化。研制了一种测量熔融金属密度的浮子式光纤Bragg光栅传感器,浸没在熔融金属中的浮子受浮力作用,通过传递杆、等臂杠杆及连杆,拉动等强度悬臂梁产生扰度变化,根据检测粘贴在等强度悬臂梁表面的光纤Bragg光栅中心波长移位值,测出浮力值,进而检测熔融金属密度。该传感器的理论灵敏度为0.115pm/(kg/m3),4次实验得到熔融金属的平均密度为7.574×103 kg/m3,略小于理论密度7.621×103kg/m3,相对误差为0.62,均方根误差为117.371kg/m3。     

On a fiber grating sensor system with the capacity of cross-sensitivity discrimination

A novel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor system based on an interrogating technique by two parallel matched gratings was designed and theoretically discussed. With an interrogation grating playing the role of temperature compensation grating simultaneously, the wavelength drifts induced by temperature and strain were discriminated. Additionally, the expressions of temperature and strain were deduced for our solution, and dual-value problem and cross sensitivity were solved synchronously through data processing. The influence of the FBG's parameters on the dynamic range and precision was discussed. Besides, the change of environment temperature cannot influence the dynamic range of the sensor system through temperature tuning. The system proposed in this paper will be of great significance to accelerate the real engineering applications of FBG sensing techniques.     

Radio-frequency interrogation of a fiber Bragg grating sensor in the configuration of a fiber laser with external cavities

A fiber laser sensor, which consists of two coupled cavities based on three fiber Bragg gratings (two of them acting as sensing elements) and is interrogated via the longitudinal mode beating frequency, is presented. The two resonant cavities have lengths of 4250 m and 4297 m, respectively. Their beating frequency is of the order of 24 kHz, and its shift as a function of the variation of the period of one (or both) of the sensing gratings, induced by strain or temperature changes, can be measured by a radio-frequency analyzer. The system is suitable for long-distance sensing with high spatial resolution and high sensitivity.     

Planar metamaterial analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency for a miniature refractive index sensor

A planar metamaterial of analogue of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT-like) is theoretically and experimentally investigated. The EIT-like metamaterial unit cell, whose electrical size is only $0.2{\lambda }_0$, consists of a split ring resonator (SRR) and a folded-line pair resonator (FLPR). For the TM wave incidence, a sharp transmitted peak with high quality factor can be observed. The EIT-like metamaterial is fabricated and measured. Good agreement is obtained between the simulation and measurement results. A miniature refractive index sensor based on the proposed metamaterial is simulated and exhibits high sensitivity and Figure of Merit (FOM).