对弯曲不敏感的长周期光纤光栅传感器

发现了用高频CO₂激光写入的长周期光纤光栅的谐振波长对弯曲灵敏度在圆周的不同方向上呈现周期性,且在两个特定的对称方向上对弯曲不敏感(即弯曲曲率达到1.1m^-1,谐振波长仅漂移-0.018nm).据此提出新型对弯曲不敏感的传感器和可调灵敏度弯曲传感器的设计方案,可望从根本上解决长周期光纤光栅在测量中存在的温度、应变或折射率与弯曲之间的交叉敏感问题.     

Sensing properties of fiber Bragg gratings in small-core Ge-doped photonic crystal fibers

We report about fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) inscribed in two different types of small-core Ge-doped photonic crystal fibers with a UV laser. Sensing properties of the FBGs were systematically investigated by means of demonstrating the responses of Bragg wavelengths to temperature, strain, bending, and transverse-loading. The Bragg wavelength of the FBGs shifts toward longer wavelengths with increasing temperature, tensile strain, and transverse-loading. Moreover, the bending and transverse-loading properties of the FBGs are sensitive to the fiber orientations. The reasonable analyses for these sensing properties also are presented.     

Tunable all-fiber intracavity wavelength converter without external pumps

A new architecture for tunable broadband wavelength conversion in a dispersion-shifted fiber is presented. Conversion is achieved by using four-wave-mixing in a dispersion-shifted fiber in a single fiber-ring cavity. Wide tunability is achieved by the self-generation of two tunable orthogonal pumps in the cavity. This effect is due to the introduction of two tunable fiber Bragg gratings written in high birefringence fibers which act as selective polarization and wavelength filters. The results show conversion efficiencies up to −2 dB with the signal-to-noise ratio of the converted signal up to 26 dB.     

Simultaneous measurement of curvature and temperature based on PCF-based interferometer and fiber Bragg grating

A sensor head consisting of a photonic crystal fiber (PCF)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for simultaneous measurement of curvature and temperature. The MZI fabricated by splicing a short length of PCF between two single-mode fibers with the air-hole structure that completely collapsed near the splicing points, is sensitive to fiber bending and surrounding temperature, while the FBG is only sensitive to the later. Simultaneous measurement of curvature and temperature is therefore obtained. Sensitivities of 4.06 nm/m^− 1 and 6.30 pm/°C are achieved experimentally for curvature and temperature, respectively. And the corresponding resolutions are 5.2 × 10^− 4 m^− 1 and 1.25 °C for curvature and temperature, respectively, based on the wavelength measurement resolution of 10 pm.     

光纤光栅温度传感的非线性现象

对光纤光栅温度传感反射波长相对漂移量与温度改变量的非线性问题进行了详细研究.通过对实验曲线的多项式拟合,求出了光纤光栅反射中心波长相对漂移量Δλ_C/λ_C与温度改变量ΔT的解析式,用对比法得到了温度灵敏度系数η表达式.取样计算表明:多项式能更好地反映Δλ_C/λ_C与ΔT的关系,证明了温度灵敏度系数η不是常量,而是随温度增加缓慢增大.     

High-sensitivity pressure sensors based on mechanically induced long-period fiber gratings and fiber loop ring-down

A transverse pressure sensor with high-sensitivity based on a mechanically induced long-period fiber grating (MLPFG) and fiber loop ring-down technique is presented. When a MLPFG is spliced into a fiber loop, an extra loss is introduced, which leads to a decrease of the ring-down time. The results demonstrate that the difference between the reciprocals of the ring-down time with and without pressure increases exponentially with increasing the pressure in the range of 0-23.4 MPa. This sensor shows good repeatability, and the least detectable pressure is only 0.0068 MPa which is about 18 times less than detecting the output light intensity directly.     

Simple model of compound waveguide structures used as fiber-optic sensors

In this work we present an application of a simple quasi-geometrical model to analyze the behavior of compound waveguide structures used as fiber-optic sensors. This theoretical model is based on the adjustment of the parameters of the structure from the experimental measures to predict the observed behavior of the device. It also takes into account the non-monocromaticity of the used source. In this way, it can be used as a design criterion for this kind of structures. It is applied to a refractive index fiber-optic sensor based on the excitation of surface plasmon in a metal layer by the light guided by a monomode fiber.     

新型长周期光纤光栅的横向负载特性及其偏振相关性研究

发现高频CO2激光脉冲写入的长周期光纤光栅谐振波长的横向负载特性具有较强的负载方向相关性,而损耗峰幅值的横向负载特性的方向相关性较弱.不同圆周方向的横向负载对谐振波长偏振相关性的影响差异较大,但对损耗峰幅值偏振相关性的影响差异较小.利用横向负载引起双折射进而导致光栅的光学主轴旋转的相关理论,合理解释了该长周期光纤光栅独特的横向负载特性及其偏振相关性.     

Phase-shifted long-period gratings by refractive index-shifting

We show that phase shifts in long-period gratings can be obtained by means of refractive index-shifting whereby discontinuities in the differential effective mode index are locally created using, for example, thermally induced effects based on resistive heating. These phase shifts can be made tunable by controlling the amount of the discontinuity. As an additional example, we also illustrate the use of refractive index-shifted LPGs for flattening the spectral output from an Er-doped superfluorescent fiber source.     

光纤光栅水位传感器的理论模拟与实验研究

研制了一种光纤光栅水位传感器.采用三维有限单元法,对传感器的结构型式进行优化分析,得到水位与光纤光栅中心反射波长之间光 力转换的线性关系;制作了传感器模型,对模型的光 力转换关系进行了测试,实验结果与理论结果基本一致.该传感器经多次改进,通过试用,可用于工程检测.     

基于新型长周期光纤光栅的动态横向负荷传感器

首次发现高频CO₂激光脉冲写入的长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)具有很好的动态横向负荷响应特性——谐振峰幅值随横向负荷线性变化,其变化频率与横向负荷的变化频率完全相同根据这种动态横向负荷响应特性,提出了一套动态横向负荷传感器设计方案,用窄带光源作为输入,基于LPFG的滤波原理,测量光电探测器的输出就可以获得动态横向负荷该方法仅需对LPFG的谐振峰幅值进行测量,方便简捷,实时性好.     

腐蚀后的新型长周期光纤光栅特性研究

报道了高频CO2激光脉冲写入的长周期光纤光栅的腐蚀特性,即LPFG的谐振波长随腐蚀时间的变化线性地向长波方向漂移,而其谐振峰幅值变化却很小.首次对腐蚀后的长周期光纤光栅的基础特性进行了研究,发现其温度、应变、扭曲特性都未发生改变,而弯曲灵敏度比未腐蚀时的要小.从而得出了可用腐蚀来调整长周期光纤光栅谐振波长而不改变其特性的结论.     

Analysis of a fiber ring resonator as a multi-path light-wave circuit in white-light fiber-optic interferometric sensors

According to the phase shift response of a ring resonator, the role of a fiber-optic ring resonator as a multi-path light-wave circuit in white-light fiber-optic interferometric sensors is analyzed. Formulas related to the maximum intensity of the interference fringes and the system parameters are derived by exact mathematic deduction. The main factors affecting the multiplexing capability of the sensor array are discussed. The analysis method not only gives an explicit explanation for the enhancement of multiplexing capability but also can be applied to other structural white-light sensor systems, in which the ring resonator is used as a multi-path light-wave circuit.     

长周期保偏光纤光栅的偏振特性研究

用高频CO2激光脉冲写入法在熊猫保偏光纤上写入长周期光纤光栅,并对其偏振特性进行了全面的试验研究.试验结果表明,在输入椭圆偏振光偏振角度0到2π的变化范围内,高频CO2激光脉冲写入法在熊猫保偏光纤上写入的长周期光纤光栅谐振峰幅值会随着入射椭圆偏振光偏振角度的改变发生以π为周期的周期性变化,并且相邻两谐振峰幅值变化趋势相反,相位差为π.在相同偏振角度下将两谐振峰幅值相减,其差值呈近似于锯齿波的周期性变化,周期也为π.在没有发生模式干扰的情况下,谐振峰波长几乎没有发生漂移.基于模式耦合理论,文中还对所观察到的试验现象进行了定性的理论解释.     

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.     

Polarization insensitive linear intensity modulation in a Sagnac fiber-optic loop with an electro-optic cell and optoelectronic feedback

We present a modulation scheme consisting of a fiber-optic Sagnac interferometer, which has an electro-optic modulator (Pockels cell) in the loop of the interferometer. In order to diminish the nonlinearity of the Sagnac interferometer transmittance function, we monitor a very small part of the output light intensity by means of a photodiode and then amplify this signal by a constant factor ξ. This amplified signal is added to the electrical modulating signal that is being applied to the electro-optical modulator. The consequence of introducing this feedback loop is that by properly choosing the amplifying factor ξ, we can increase the linearity of the modulation. The device is insensitive to the polarization state of the input light, so it should be used for intensity modulation of nonpolarized light with up to 100% modulation depth. The theoretical and experimental examination of the device is presented.     

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.     

Proposal and realization for a broadband all-fiber non-uniformly spaced multi-channel optical filter

In this paper, we propose a broadband all-fiber non-uniformly spaced multi-channel optical filter, which is based on the utilization of paired multi-channel fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) located at two arms of an interferometer. Unlike the traditional optical comb filter, the channel spacing may be either linearly or nonlinearly chirped. Serving as an example, two identical linearly-chirped 51-channel FBGs have been successfully employed to demonstrate the proposed filter experimentally.     

Comparison of single and double cladding long period fiber grating sensor using an intensity modulation interrogation system

The performance of long period fiber grating (LPFG) sensors written in single cladding and double cladding fibers have been compared by using a fast responding interrogation system based on intensity modulation. Temperature and dynamic strain monitoring using this system have been demonstrated. This system is capable of resolving strain to 0.2 and 0.4 με at a loading frequency of 20 Hz, and temperature resolution to 0.02 and 0.19 °C by using LPFG in the single cladding (SC-LPFG) and double cladding (DC-LPFG), respectively.     

Long-period fiber gratings fabricated with a CO2 laser beam and phase mask

A new holographic technique is proposed for fabricating long-period fiber gratings (LPGs) using a CO₂-laser and a phase mask. A CO₂ laser operating at 10.6 μm is incident normally on the phase mask and the diffracted interfering beams imprint a thermally induced periodic modulation into the cladding of the fiber placed behind the mask. Preliminary results of this technique are presented and discussed. An unusual self-tapered fiber LPG (STFLPG) is also presented.