Optical fiber sensor for temperature measurement based on Silicon thermo-optics effect

A temperature sensor based on the thermo-optics effect of single crystal silicon diaphragm was proposed and studied. The temperature measurement mechanism by using single crystal silicon diaphragm was theoretically analyzed and found the relation between temperature measurement range and the thickness of single crystal diaphragm. It was found that when the temperature changed from 20 °C to 48 °C, the reflected resonant peak wavelength was shifted which was detected by using the dual-wavelength signal demodulation method. Experimental results for temperature measurement demonstrated reasonable linearity and repeatability, related linear regression coefficient of the experimental result is 99.94%. The study would be of utility value for the design and fabrication of silicon-based sensors which were used to measure pressure or the other physical quantities.     

一种基于外差探测的光纤Bragg光栅温度传感器

提出了一种基于光纤Bragg光栅的温度传感器，阐述了光纤Bragg光栅的温度传感机理，用2个相同的光纤Bragg光栅构成折叠式Mach Zehnder(M Z)干涉仪，其中一个光栅作为参考臂，另一个作为传感臂：采用外差探测技术来测量外界的温度物理量。当温度发生变化，Bragg光栅的波长也随之改变。外差探测用来探测传感臂和参考臂由于温度变化引起的输出信号的频率差异。对其动态测量范围和灵敏度也进行了分析。     

Optical fiber curvature sensor based on few mode fiber

An optical fiber curvature sensor based on interference between LP₀₁–LP₀₂ modes of a circularly symmetric few mode fiber (FMF) is presented. The device consists of two single-mode fiber and a 10-cm FMF. The two single-mode fiber is offset-spliced to each end of the FMF. When the optical fiber is kept straight and fixed, the interference pattern appears in the transmitted spectrum. As the fiber device is bent, the visibility of the interference fringes (at 1530 nm) decreases, reaching values close to 0.3. The dynamic range of the device can be tailored by the proper selection of the length of FMF. The relationship between the fringe visibility and the curvature is linear while the curvature is between 11 m⁻¹ and 16 m⁻¹. The result indicates that the compact sensor can be used in the measurement of large curvature, which is also important in structural health monitoring.     

基于单端探测温度和折射率的MZI光纤传感器

提出并演示了一种基于单端探测的光纤传感器,可同时测量温度和折射率。微结构光纤探头由两个玻璃光纤微球拼接在一起,并在该探头的末端利用真空电子束蒸镀一层铝膜以增加反射,从而形成微球结构的马赫-曾德尔型光纤传感头。实验结果表明,该器件的温度灵敏度和折射率可分别达到50.77 pm/℃和-21.94 nm/RIU。这项工作提出了一种低成本、高分辨率的基于光纤方法实现的多功能传感应用。单端探测的马赫曾德尔型光纤传感器小尺寸的优势可应用到小体积气体的测量,而它的全二氧化硅设计提供了高温或化学严酷环境的兼容性。     

基于马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的光纤扭转传感器

提出一种基于马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的扭转传感器,通过实验进行了验证。干涉仪采用无芯光纤-七芯光纤-无芯光纤的结构,当七芯光纤发生扭转时,中心纤芯和外部纤芯的相位差发生变化,使得其透射光谱随之改变。实验结果表明,随着七芯光纤扭转角度的增加,输出光谱的下陷峰向短波长方向偏移,其传感敏感度为0.33nm/(°),角度最小测量精度为0.15°。所提光纤传感器具有成本低、构造简单、制作简便的优点,可以应用于涉及扭转、旋转等的角度测量领域。     

Optical fiber humidity sensor based on evanescent-wave scattering

The phenomenon of evanescent-wave scattering (EWS) is used to design an optical-fiber humidity sensor. Porous solgel silica (PSGS) coated on the surface of a silica optical-fiber core scatters evanescent waves that penetrate the coating layer. Water molecules in the gas phase surrounding the optical fiber can be absorbed into the inner surface of the pores of the porous silica. The absorbed water molecules form a thin layer of liquid water on the inner surface of the porous silica and enhance the EWS. The amount of water absorbed into the PSGS coating is in dynamic equilibrium with the water-vapor pressure in the gas phase. Therefore the humidity in the air can be quantitatively determined with fiber-optic EWS caused by the PSGS coating. The humidity sensor reported here is fast in response, reversible, and has a wide dynamic range. The possible interference caused by EWS to an optical-fiber gas sensor with a reagent-doped PSGS coating as a transducer is also discussed.     

Optical coherent detection Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor based on orthogonal polarization diversity reception

In Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor, using optical coherent detection to detect Brillouin scattering optical signal is a good method, but there exists the polarization correlated detection problem. A novel detecting scheme is presented and demonstrated experimentally, which adopts orthogonal polarization diversity reception to resolve the polarization correlated detection problem. A laser is used as pump and reference light sources, a microwave electric-optical modulator (EOM) is adopted to produce frequency shift reference light, a polarization controller is used to control the polarization of the reference light which is changed into two orthogonal polarization for two adjacent acquisition periods. The Brillouin scattering light is coherently detected with the reference light, and the Brillouin scattering optical signal is taken out based on Brillouin frequency shift. After electronic processing, better Brillouin distributed sensing signal is obtained. A 25-km Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor is achieved.     

具有温度自校准功能的光纤折射率传感器

提出一种具有温度自校准功能的光纤折射率（RI）传感器,传感头结构由2段很短的多模光纤（MMF）之间夹熔一段对折射率不敏感的光纤布拉格光栅（FBG）构成,传感头总长度为14 mm,FBG可以为折射率测量提供良好的温度校准功能。实验结果证明,该传感器的折射率灵敏度为126 nm。其干涉光谱共振波长的温度灵敏度为35.09 pm/℃,用于温度校准的FBG的温度灵敏度为11.14 pm/℃。相比于普通的折射率传感器,这种具有温度自校准功能的折射率传感器具有良好的实用前景。     

Optical fiber sensor for oxygen detection working on an absorption basis

Painstaking spectrophotometric investigation was carried out on organo-metallic compounds to identify the most suitable compound for the detection of oxygen. A bis (histidinato) cobalt(II) solution was chosen, characterized by an absorption change at λ-408 nm as a function of the molecular oxygen concentration in the surrounding environment. An optical fiber system was developed that makes use of a halogen lamp as the source and an appropriate electronic circuit as a detection system. The optrode is a very small hollow fiber membrane filled with the solution and coupled with optical fibers.     

基于单模光纤的分布式温度传感器研制

在对光纤背向喇曼散射温度效应理论分析的基础上,研制了基于单模光纤的5km分布式温度传感器。实验比较了温度传感解调方法,选择反斯托克斯(Anti-Stokes)和斯托克斯(Stokes)背向喇曼散射光强度比值进行解调。介绍了系统的硬件组成和软件实现。实验表明,系统能精确地进行分布式测温,温度分辨率为1℃,空间分辨率为2m。     

Experimental research of temperature sensor based on twin-core fiber

A low-cost, compact, and lossless temperature sensor based on a twin-core fiber (TCF) is demonstrated and manufactured by splicing two single-mode fibers to the ends of a TCF. The extinction ratio of the comb transmission spectrum is bigger than 15 dB, and the temperature sensitivity of the coupling angle is –0.02 rad/(°C· m) at–30–90°C and –0.032 rad/(°C· m) at 90–175°C. Finite element method is used to calculate the supermodes of the TCF, and the result agrees well with the experiment.     

Optical fiber sensor based on a radio frequency Mach-Zehnder interferometer

This Letter proposes an optical fiber radio frequency (RF) Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) for sensing applications. An RF modulated laser source is injected into an optical fiber RF-MZI and collected by a photodiode. The interference pattern is observed in the RF domain by sweeping the frequency using a network analyzer. The proposed sensor has a linear response to applied temperature change. In addition, the sensitivity, observation frequency range, and the length of the sensing arm are discussed.     

基于自组装膜的光纤错位型氨气传感器

演示了一种基于单壁碳纳米管（SWCNTs）-聚合物自组装复合膜的光纤错位型氨气传感器。通过层层自组装技术在高Q谐振器上涂覆薄膜,薄膜上存在大量的游离羧基以及较大的比表面积,这提供了光与薄膜之间的强相互作用,以及对氨气的高吸附性和选择性。光谱随氨气浓度影响的有效折射率而变化。在(10～37) ×10⁻⁶的低浓度范围内,光谱变化与氨气浓度差之比即灵敏度为13.25 pm/10⁻⁶,检测极限为3.77 ×10⁻⁶并且具有良好的线性。这项工作研制为低浓度和高选择性氨气传感器提供了一种有效的方法。     

Optical fiber strain sensor using fiber resonator based on frequency comb Vernier spectroscopy

A novel (to our best knowledge) optical fiber strain sensor using a fiber ring resonator based on frequency comb Vernier spectroscopy is proposed and demonstrated. A passively mode-locked optical fiber laser is employed to generate a phased-locked frequency comb. Strain applied to the optical fiber of the fiber ring resonator can be measured with the transmission spectrum. A good linearity is obtained between displacement and the inverse of wavelength spacing with an R(2) of 0.9989, and high sensitivities better than 40 pm/με within the range of 0 to 10 με are achieved. The sensitivity can be proportionally improved by increasing the length of the optical fiber ring resonator.     

Optical fiber synaptic sensor

Understanding neuron connections is a great challenge, which is needed to solve many important problems in neurobiology and neuroengineering for recreation of brain functions and efficient biorobotics. In particular, a design of an optical synapse capable to communicate with neuron spike sequences would be crucial to improve the functionality of neuromimmetic networks. In this work we propose an optical synaptic sensor based on an erbium-doped fiber laser driven by a FitzHung-Nagumo electronic neuron, to connect with another electronic neuron. Two possible optical synaptic configurations are analyzed for optoelectronic coupling between neurons: laser cavity loss modulation and pump laser modulation. The control parameters of the proposed optical synapse provide additional degrees of flexibility to the neuron connection traditionally controlled only by coupling strengths in artificial networks.     

基于游标效应的双芯光子晶体光纤温度传感器

设计了一种基于双芯光纤耦合效应和游标效应的高灵敏度温度传感器,传感器是由2个相差一定长度的双芯光子晶体光纤和单模光纤级联构成。双芯光子晶体光纤通过级联实现游标效应,同时对纤芯中间的气孔填充乙醇实现温度传感。仿真结果表明,该温度传感器在35℃～45℃范围内的平均温度灵敏度可达-20.37 nm/℃。与单纯依靠双芯光子晶体光纤能量耦合效应的传感器相比,该传感器的温度检测灵敏度提高了10倍。     

基于F-P腔和FBG的强度调制型光纤液位传感器

设计了一种用于液位测量的光纤F-P(Fabry-Perot)传感器,并从传感头的设计制作出发,讨论了提高传感器输出信号对比度的方法;测量系统采用宽带光源,解调时经FBG(Fiber Bragg Grating)反射和透射得到传感信号和参考信号,对两路光强信号进行联合处理,补偿了光源功率波动和光路损耗变化引起的不良影响,消除了强度调制型传感器的固有缺点,此方法具有结构简单、成本低的优点;该系统可进行连续测量,测量范围为0到200kPa,相当于测量水深0到20m,其分辨力小于1cm(水面高度变化),特别适合对易燃易爆的环境中的油库液位进行测量。     

Secure and noise-free holographic encryption with a quick-response code简

An optical fiber sensor for ultrathin layer sensing based o51 short-range surface plasmon polariton （SRSPP） is proposed, and the sensing characteristics are theoretically analyzed. Simulation results indicate that even for a detecting layer much thinner than the vacuum wavelength, a resolution as high as 3.7×10-6 RIU can be obtained. Moreover, an average ttfickness-detection sensitivity of 6.2 dB/nm is obtained, which enables the sensor to detect the thickness variation of the ultrathin layer up to tens of nanometers. The sensitive region of thickness could be adjusted by tuning the structure parameters.     

基于光纤侧边抛磨技术的醋酸浓度光纤传感器

演示了两种利用光纤侧边抛磨技术制备的用于醋酸浓度检测的光纤传感器.其中一种光纤传感器采用轮式抛磨法对光纤光栅的光栅区包层进行侧边抛磨加工而成,将醋酸溶液覆盖于光纤光栅的抛磨区,利用侧边抛磨光纤光栅反射峰波长的变化对醋酸浓度进行测量;另一种光纤传感器采用轮式抛磨法对普通单模光纤包层进行侧边抛磨加工而成,将醋酸溶液覆盖于光纤抛磨区,利用抛磨光纤插入损耗的变化对醋酸浓度进行测量.两种光纤传感器的实验都表明:光纤包层抛磨表面与纤芯的距离越小,测量分辨率越高.剩余包层厚度为 0 μm 的侧边抛磨光纤光栅传感器测量醋酸溶液浓度分辨率为6.67%;剩余包层厚度为O.5μm 的侧边抛磨光纤传感器测量醋酸溶液浓度分辨率为0.55%.