光纤陀螺中的多功能集成光学芯片

介绍了多功能集成光学芯片在光纤陀螺中的应用。在光纤陀螺中采用了多功能集成光学芯片后 ,可以大大简化光纤陀螺系统的结构 ,缩小光纤陀螺的体积。光纤陀螺中的一些器件如相位调制器和光学开关、消光器甚至光波导谐振腔都可以集成在一个多功能集成光学芯片上。这样可以提高光纤陀螺的性能 ,增加其稳定性和可靠性 ,在某些特殊的设计中还可以对陀螺系统的误差进行补偿。     

Compact fiber optic accelerometer

A compact fiber optic accelerometer based on a Michelson interferometer is proposed and demonstrated. In the proposed system, the sensing element consists of two single-mode fibers glued together by epoxy, which then act as a simple supported beam. By demodulating the optical phase shift, the acceleration is determined as proportional to the force applied on the central position of the two single-mode fibers. This simple model is able to calculate the sensitivity and the resonant frequency of the compact accelerometer. The experimental results show that the sensitivity and the resonant frequency of the accelerometer are 0.42 rad/g and 600 Hz, respectively.     

High-temperature fiber optic imaging

An experimental demonstration of fiber optic imaging inside a furnace at 1000°C is described, A low-resolution sapphire fiber optic video system was designed, fabricated, and tested for basic performance in a small tube furnace. The imaging fiber bundle was assembled using 100 high-quality sapphire fibers aligned and bonded at each end. Experiments to achieve a high-temperature cladding are described. Reference imaging experiments at room temperature were performed with the sapphire fiber bundle and a commercial glass fiber bundle of comparable sue. Imaging experiments at 1000°C are described and discussed.     

光纤涂敷层对光纤裂缝传感器分布式监测能力的影响

基于混凝土模型试验,对涂敷层的传感光纤的裂缝复用能力进行了定量分析,得到了传感光纤和工程结构裂缝夹角在30°,45°,60°时的复用能力与裂缝宽度的关系曲线。对由软性材料构成的光纤涂敷层来说,光纤的复用能力随涂敷层厚度的增加而增大,在与裂缝夹角成45°时,二次涂敷粗光纤的复用能力约为细光纤的5倍,表明光纤敷层对光纤裂缝监测的复用能力具有较大影响。对这种影响的机理进行了理论分析和试验研究,发现当混凝土开裂时,光纤沿混凝土界面的滑移是光纤涂敷层影响光纤裂缝复用能力的主要原因,在光纤与裂缝夹角成45°时,这一影响占60%以上。     

Gain-clamped Raman fiber oscillator

Gain band expansion of a Raman amplifier based on a Raman fiber oscillator (RFO) was tested with two Raman lasers, which yielded a broad gain spectrum of about 40 nm. However, they also introduced gain-clamping behavior in the short-wavelength range and abnormal excessive gain in long-wavelength channels, which were undesirable for practical application. The proper mechanism of the behavior was analyzed and experimentally demonstrated to apply to a gain-clamped (GC) amplifier based on a RFO. Appropriate configuration of the GC-RFO for wide gain bandwidth was proposed and characterized.     

Effect of pulse walk off and data formats on stimulated Raman scattering in fiber optic communication systems

A novel numerical method has been presented here which is capable of taking into account pulse walk off effect and different data formats such as non return to zero (NRZ), return to zero (RZ) and optical Manchester while evaluating the effect of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM)-based fiber optic communication systems. Power tilt because of SRS effect in the DWDM systems has been calculated at different data rates and data formats.     

Miniaturized mandrel-based fiber optic hydrophone

Fiber optic hydrophones typically use a long sensor fiber wrapped around an air-filled mandrel to achieve high responsivity. Minimum mandrel diameter is determined by fiber reliability considerations. A miniature hydrophone, with diameter of about a third that of previous hydrophones, is reported. Such a hydrophone has applications for very thin towed arrays. Small diameter fiber with high strength Bragg gratings written through the coating are key enablers.     

相位调制全光纤Mach-Zehnder干涉仪传感实验

使用单模石英光纤设计了相位调制全光纤M-Z干涉仪传感实验系统,采用CCD技术显示干涉条纹的空间分布及其移动情况,同时利用光电检测及可逆计数技术实现移动条纹的自动计数.利用该系统进行了光纤温度传感、光纤应变传感原理性实验测试.     

A true fiber optic refractometer

The best instrument to measure the refractive index of liquids is the Abbe refractometer which can only provide accuracies of the order of 10⁻⁵ at visible wavelengths and 10⁻⁴ in the near infrared. Here we present a technique by which the exact wavelength positions in the near infrared frequency comb of a tilted grating inscribed in the core of an optical fiber can be used to measure the absolute value of the refractive index of a liquid in which the fiber is inserted, with an accuracy of ±5×10⁻⁵. This is in contrast to typical fiber optic‐based “refractometry” where only refractive index variations can be measured accurately, hence the appellation of “true” fiber optic refractometer here. In addition to the increased accuracy, the fiber refractometer proposed here offers the additional advantages associated with in situ measurements. The performance of this refractometer is demonstrated by measurements in water from room temperature down to near freezing at wavelengths in the 1550 nm window.

     

Brillouin fiber optic current sensor

A novel reciprocal Brillouin fiber optic current sensor has been developed and tested. The sensor is based on two counter-propagating Brillouin lasers circulating in a fiber ring cavity. It shows a sensitivity of 126 Hz/A that is very close to the maximum sensitivity obtained by using fibers without linear birefringence. The limitations due to the Kerr effect and optical feedbacks in the system are also investigated.     

光纤压力传感器的性能研究

利用自制的全光纤马赫-曾德尔干涉仪,对压力引起的光功率的变化进行了测量和分析,给出了该系统相干检测最佳工作范围是5~13N,灵敏度为-0.130 0μW/N.在不同温度变化范围内,随着压力的增加,光功率分别以0.223 4μW/N到0.482 3μW/N的变化率减小.     

Fiber‐optic sensor active networking with distributed erbium‐doped fiber and Raman amplification

This work is meant to provide a review of different multiplexing topologies employing distributed erbium‐doped fiber and Raman amplification to solve the problem of power‐loss compensation in fiber‐optic sensor (FOS) networks. This is a key parameter in large multiplexing networks, particularly when employing intensity‐modulated sensors. These topologies are studied both theoretically and experimentally, and a comparative analysis is carried out between them. The main parameters considered in the analysis are power budget, optical signal‐to‐noise ratios, scalability and architecture complexity.     

Study of fiber optic sugar sensor

Over the last two decades, the fiber optic technology has passed through many analytical stages. Some commercially available fiber optic sensors, though in a small way, are being used for automation in mechanical and industrial environments. They are also used for instrumentation and controls. In the present work, an intensity-modulated intrinsic fiber optic sugar sensor is presented. This type of sensor, with slight modification, can be used for on-line determination of the concentration of sugar content in sugarcane juice in sugar industry. In the present set-up, a plastic fiber made of polymethylmethacrylate is used. A portion of the cladding (1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm) at the mid-point along the length of the fiber is removed. This portion is immersed in sugar solution of known concentration and refractive index. At one end of the fiber an 850 nm source is used and at the other end a power meter is connected. By varying the concentration of sugar solution, the output power is noted. These studies are made due to the change in refractive index of the fluid. The device was found to be very sensitive which is free from EMI and shock hazards, stable and repeatable and they can be remotely interfaced with a computer to give on-line measurements and thus become useful for application in sugar industries.     

High extinction ratio in-fiber polarizers based on 45 degree tilted fiber Bragg gratings

We report a near-ideal in-fiber polarizer implemented by use of 45 degrees tilted fiber Bragg grating structures that are UV inscribed in hydrogenated Ge-doped fiber. We demonstrate a polarization-extinction ratio of 33 dB over a 100-nm operation range near 1550 nm. We further show an achievement of 99.5% degree of polarization for unpolarized light with these gratings. We also theoretically investigate tilted grating structures based on the Green's function calculation, therein revealing the unique polarization characteristics, which are in excellent agreement with experimental data.     

Future evolution of fiber optic gyros

Recent research on future evolution of fiber optic gyros is discussed. Research factors to improve the functions of interferometer fiber optic gyros in regard to light-source characteristics, temperature change induced drift, and cost reduction are reviewed, and resonator fiber optic gyros and Brillouin fiber optic gyros are evaluated as next generation configurations.     

Sensitivity-variable fiber optic pressure sensors using microbend fiber gratings

We report on sensitivity control of fiber optic sensors using microbend long-period fiber gratings. By tuning the phase difference between a pair of periodically aligned rod arrays that sandwiches a single-mode fiber, we can change the coupling strength of the core mode with radiating cladding modes, resulting in variable pressure sensitivity of the transmission power through the fiber. This technique enables control of the measurable range of pressure. When the phase difference is shifted from π toward 0, the measurable range is expanded from 1.7 to 3.3 N/cm and higher using a light-emitting diode as an input light source.     

Raman fiber distributed feedback lasers

We demonstrate fiber distributed feedback (DFB) lasers using Raman gain in two germanosilicate fibers. Our DFB cavities were 124 mm uniform fiber Bragg gratings with a π phase shift offset from the grating center. Our pump was at 1480 nm and the DFB lasers operated on a single longitudinal mode near 1584 nm. In a commercial Raman gain fiber, the maximum output power, linewidth, and threshold were 150 mW, 7.5 MHz, and 39 W, respectively. In a commercial highly nonlinear fiber, these figures improved to 350 mW, 4 MHz, and 4.3 W, respectively. In both lasers, more than 75% of pump power was transmitted, allowing for the possibility of substantial amplification in subsequent Raman gain fiber.     

双纵模窄线宽光纤拉曼放大器

 报道了一台实现了双纵模窄线宽激光输出的光纤拉曼放大器。利用中心波长1 079.7 nm的双纵模窄线宽种子激光器获得了频率间隔1.4 GHz、功率比约3∶1的双纵模输出,各纵模的线宽约为10 MHz;再利用1 031 nm泵浦光对双纵模种子光进行拉曼放大,实现了1.07 W双纵模激光输出。拉曼放大过程中,两个纵模的线宽、频率间隔及功率比保持得很好。     

光纤中的拉曼效应

在液芯光纤内产生拉曼效应,可以增强自发拉曼、共振拉曼光谱强度10^3倍;降低受激拉曼光谱荫值功率为10^-1．光纤内拉曼效应在科学研究和教学方面都有广泛应用．