Fiber optic Fabry-Perot pressure sensor with low sensitivity to temperature changes for downhole application

Pressure and temperature are two important parameters in reservoir engineering. The fiber optic sensors can be used for permanent downhole monitoring. In this paper, we propose an extrinsic fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) sensor for pressure measurement with low sensitivity variation. The pressure sensitivity of EFPI sensor and of the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have been measured. The experimental pressure sensitivity for EFPI and FBG sensors are measured to be 2.75 × 10⁻⁸ 1/kPa and 1.52 × 10⁻⁸ 1/kPa, respectively. The temperature cross-sensitivity problem of the EFPI sensor has been solved by a new technique. The temperature sensitivity of EFPI sensor has been decreased to 1.2 × 10⁻⁶/°C, while the temperature sensitivity of non-compensated EFPI sensor has been measured to be 16.4 × 10⁻⁶/°C. The results show that the EFPI sensor has a higher pressure sensitivity and good capability to decrease temperature sensitivity in comparison to FBG sensor.     

Dynamic strain measurement using two wavelength-matched fiber Bragg grating sensors interrogated by a cascaded long-period fiber grating

In this work, we describe a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing system using two wavelength-matched FBG sensors for static and dynamic strain measurement. A cascaded long-period fiber grating (CLPG)-based demodulation technique has been used to interrogate the two wavelength-matched FBG sensors. Experimental results of static strain measurement show that the proposed system has a strain resolution of 1 με. This system has also been used for dynamic strain measurement. An eddy current displacement meter-based system has been used as a comparison measurement. Experimental results of dynamic strain measurement have proved that the FBG sensing system has a good performance in the measurement of dynamic strain. The results of static and dynamic strain measurement indicate that the sensing system using two wavelength-matched FBG sensors is superior to the single FBG sensor system.     

一种新型光纤法布里-珀罗应变干涉仪

论述了一种非本征法布里 珀罗光纤应变传感器。采用透明弹性聚合物薄膜作为法布里 珀罗干涉腔,聚合物固定在多膜光纤末端作为应变敏感元件。传感器的分辨率为2μm,测量精度在0～5000μm范围内为5μm。     

The distributed dynamic combined-stresses measurement of ship thruster inner-skin using fiber Bragg grating sensor rosette array

The use of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor array for the measurement of dynamic combined stress of ship thruster inner-skin is presented. The triaxial stress is detected using improved three-element rectangular rosette consisting of FBG sensors. Phase lag effect among triaxial stress sensor is considered and eliminated by employing multi-channel demodulation and improving the layout of sensor rosette array and connection layout. The tests are carried on to measure the distributed combined-stress change of ship thruster duct when ship thruster work at different rotate speed and pitch of angle. The test result are analyzed which show that measured stress are acceptable and in accord with predicted result.     

基于法布里-珀罗标准具和多光栅校准的光纤布喇格光栅波长解调系统

为了消除由法布里-珀罗标准具的干涉峰偏移引起的光纤布喇格光栅波长解调误差,采用多参考光栅进行法布里-珀罗标准具波长校准,搭建了相应的光纤布喇格光栅解调平台.将待解调光栅、法布里-珀罗标准具和多个参考光栅分别接入采样通道,用多个参考光栅对法布里-珀罗标准具进行波长校准,得到准确度较高的标准具干涉峰波长,再以此波长计算待测光栅波长,降低了校准误差.实验结果表明,利用该方法搭建的光纤布喇格光栅解调系统校准的重复性误差小于1.6pm,波长解调误差低于1.8pm.     

Elimination of environmental noise in interferometric wavelength shift demodulation for dynamic fiber Bragg grating sensor array

We present a novel reference compensation method for eliminating environmental noise in interferometric wavelength shift demodulation for dynamic fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. By employing a shielded wavelength-division-multiplexed reference FBG in the system, the environmental noise is measured from the reference channel, and then subtracted from the demodulation result of each sensor channel. An approximate 40 dB reduction of the environmental noise has been experimentally achieved over a frequency range from 20 Hz to 2 kHz. This method is also suitable for the elimination of broadband environmental noise. The corresponding FBG sensor array system proposed in this paper has shown a wavelength resolution of .     

Free-spectral range tunable Fabry-Perot filter with superimposed fiber Bragg gratings

A novel free-spectral range (FSR) tunable Fabry-Perot filter (FPF) with two superimposed fiber Bragg gratings (SFBGs) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The SFBGs, initially uniform in period with slightly different Bragg wavelengths, were glued onto the lateral surface of a specially-designed cantilever beam and linearly chirped by beam bending-induced strain gradient. As a result, their reflection bands overlap and a grating-based FPF with a tunable FSR is formed. A continuously tunable FSR of 0.1-0.5 nm has been achieved in the experiment.     

Remote fiber sensor based on cascaded Fourier domain mode-locked laser

We propose a high-speed remote fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor interrogation system based on a 1.3-μm cascaded Fourier-domain mode-locked (FDML) laser. It consists of multiple FBGs connected to an optical circulator in the laser cavity. The cascaded FDML laser with these multiple FBGs is operational when the scanning frequency of the fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filter matches the fundamental frequency of the laser cavity. Each FBG provides a separate laser cavity for the FDML laser. The scanning frequencies of each laser cavity are 30.5314, 31.5393, 32.7108, and 33.8023 kHz. Using the cascaded FDML laser, we measure the performance of the long-distance static strain FBG sensor interrogation system in both the time and spectral domains. The slope coefficients of the measured relative wavelength difference and the relative time delay from the static strain are found to be 0.95 pm/μstrain and 0.15 ns/μstrain, respectively. We also demonstrate the dynamic response of the interrogation system with 80-Hz modulation strain using the cascaded FDML laser. Thus, an FBG sensor interrogation system for high-speed and high-sensitivity long-distance monitoring systems can be realized using a cascaded FDML laser.     

面向地壳形变观测的超高分辨率光纤应变传感系统

高分辨率光纤应变传感系统是地球物理学中地壳微弱形变观测的有力工具.相比于传统的地壳应变观测技术,光纤应变传感器具有测量分辨率高、抗干扰能力强、尺寸小、可复用、易于安装布设等特性,在建立新型地壳形变监测网络中具有很大的应用潜力.本文围绕面向地壳形变观测的纳应变级分辨率光纤应变传感器技术,阐述了应变传感原理与实现超高测量分辨率的机理,并详细介绍了扫频探测、Pound-Drever-Hall解调技术、边带探测、双回路锁定传感、传感器时分复用等技术及相应的传感器系统实现方案,最后,给出了超高分辨率光纤传感器在现场观测的实验结果与分析.     

Four-element fiber Bragg grating acceleration sensor array

A four-element fiber Bragg grating acceleration sensor array is presented in this paper. The system combines an unbalanced Mach–Zehnder interferometer and three coarse wavelength division multiplexers (WDMs). The totally passive scheme has the advantages of high operation frequency and loose requirements for the working environment. An acceleration resolution of better than for the four channels is achieved.     

光纤布拉格光栅法布里-珀罗腔纵模特性研究

分析了光纤布拉格光栅构成的法布里-珀罗（F-P）腔的透射谱特性，讨论了光栅带宽，反射系数相位因子以及腔长对F-P腔透射特性的影响，并对F-P腔随温度和应变的特性进行了分析，然后给出如何设计在光栅中心耦合波长处单模运转的法布里-珀罗腔.并提供了数值模拟结果和实验结果. 关键词： 光纤布拉格光栅 法布里-珀罗（F-P）腔 光纤激光器     

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.     

A simple temperature-insensitive fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor

The study on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) displacement sensor based on monitoring the back-reflected power from an array of novelly embedded FBG sensors is presented. The sensor is a uniform FBG with three sections that are embedded in different layer in a composite lamina. Its bandwidth is displacement dependent and hence its reflected power varies almost linearly with displacement and it is insensitive to temperature variation. Thus, only low-cost photodetector (PD) is required to monitor displacement. This study demonstrates a novel fiber sensor, a method of fabricated the same, and a method to achieve simultaneous multi-sensor measurement.     

实现微位移测量的非本征法布里-珀罗干涉型光纤传感器

从光纤耦合和多光束干涉的原理出发,建立了非本征型法布里_珀罗干涉仪光纤传感器的理论模型,得到了用光谱法进行绝对距离测量的公式。设计出了传感器探头的结构,并搭建了系统。用LED作为宽带光源所得到的反射光谱可用于实际样品的微位移测量。实验结果表明,该传感器理论模型的数值模拟结果与实验结果是一致的。对实验数据进行了误差分析,所得到的测量精度可达到1μm。     

光纤光栅F-P干涉仪在轴向应变作用下的参量变化

对光纤光栅F P干涉仪在轴向应变作用下的透射率、峰值波长、光谱半宽度、工作模式等参量的变化进行了分析。发现光纤光栅F P干涉仪的透射率和光谱半宽度对轴向应变十分敏感,而F P腔的中心波长和工作模式却变化较小。当腔长与栅长之比小于0 3时,应力变化对工作模式的影响较小。     

Data-dependent system approach for strain measurement in interferometric fiber optic sensor

A fiber optic interferometric sensor (Mach–Zehnder type) based on data-dependent system is presented for strain measurement. The interferogram recorded from the interferometer has been digitized and characterized by means of an autoregressive model. The phase change due to the measurand has been obtained from the self coherence function of the interferogram. The modulation of group delay and dispersion are obtained from the phase curve. Results for applied strain in the range of 5–10 μ strain are presented.     

A novel fiber Bragg grating interrogating sensor system based on AWG demultiplexing

A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogating technique based on the relative intensity-demodulating and the demultiplexing of an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is presented in this paper. The analytical simulation and the experiment validate the feasibility of this setup. Both theoretical and experiment results show that the shift of the Bragg wavelength of the FBG sensors can be precisely interrogated by the relative intensity reading of two-adjacent-channels of the AWG-based demultiplexer. Errors caused by the light source fluctuation and micro-band losses can be reduced with the relative technique. This technique potentially offers a low-cost, compact, and high-performance solution for the interrogation of FBG distributed sensors.     

A novel fiber Bragg grating high-temperature sensor

A novel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor for the measurement of high temperature is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The interrogation system of the sensor system is simple, low cost but effective. The sensor head is comprised of one FBG and two metal rods. The lengths of the rods are different from each other. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the rods are also different from each other. The FBG will be strained by the sensor head when the temperature to be measured changes. The temperature is measured basis of the wavelength shifts of the FBG induced by strain. A dynamic range of 0–800 °C and a resolution of 1 °C have been obtained by the sensor system. The experiment results agree with theoretical analyses.     

一种基于光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔的低频振动传感器

提出了一种基于光纤光栅法布里-珀罗(F-P)腔的低频振动传感方案并进行了理论分析和实验研究。采用单频激光器作为光源,光纤光栅F-P腔通过两点涂胶方式粘接在等强度悬臂梁上,待测振动信号通过支架和悬臂梁将振动作用传至光纤光栅F-P腔,引起腔长周期性变化,从而改变光纤光栅F-P腔的反射光谱特性,通过解调输出光信号的振荡频率和峰值,即可实现对振动信号频率和幅值的测量。利用压电陶瓷模拟的低频振动信号进行了实验验证,测量结果与理论分析相吻合。该传感器测量灵敏度高,特别适用于微弱振动信号的测量。     

Wavelength-switchable erbium-doped fiber ring laser combined with a Fabry-Perot laser diode and a sampled grating

We present a wavelength-switchable erbium-doped fiber ring laser consisting of an anti-reflection coated Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) and a sampled fiber Bragg grating (SFBG). The wavelength switching is obtained easily by the shift of FP mode with respect to the reflection peaks of the SFBG. The proposed laser apparatus not only simultaneously emits two wavelengths but also switches between the two wavelengths by adjusting the modes of FP-LD with a change of the injection current of the FP-LD as little as ∼1 mA. The proposed wavelength-switchable erbium-doped fiber ring laser exhibits high laser performance with side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) ?50 dB.