Simplified Formula of Bending Loss for Optical Fiber Sensors

A simple fiber-optic bending loss formula is achieved for optical fiber sensors. This simple formula considers various bending radii, number of turns, extra bending angle, and wavelength and has good agreement with theoretical and experimental data. We also propose a simplified formula for sensitivity of the fiber-optic bending loss in this article. The defined sensitivity formula has the benefit of showing parameters for fiber-optic bending sensor systems.     

光缆弯曲对激光能量传输效率的影响

研究了激光火工品系统中光缆弯曲对激光能量传输效率的影响.对7种不同规格光缆在弯曲半径R为2.5~175 mm范围内的弯曲传输特性进行了试验研究.结果表明,R/2a＜50 时,透光量已开始下降;R/2a≈20 时,激光能量传输效率明显下降.根据实验结果,通过数据拟合处理得出了7种规格光缆弯曲损耗的半经验公式,该公式可以直接用于激光火工品系统光缆的传输设计.     

In-fiber integrated accelerometer

A compact in-fiber integrated fiber-optic Michelson interferometer based accelerometer is proposed and investigated. In the system, the sensing element consists of a twin-core fiber acting as a bending simple supported beam. By demodulating the optical phase shift, we obtain that the acceleration is proportional to the force applied on the central position of the twin-core fiber. A simple model has been established to calculate the sensitivity and resonant frequency. The experimental results show that such an accelerometer has a sensitivity of 0.09 rad/g at the resonant frequency of 680 Hz.     

Performance enhancement on mechanical and electrical effects for on-line fiber-optic bending loss measurement

For an automatic testing of the fiber bending loss parameter, we proposed an on-line fiber optic bending loss measurement system. Many impact factors from the supporting systems, free space coupling alignment, external spatial perturbation device and the other automatic testing systems may degrade the on-line fiber-optic bending loss measurement system. We reduce those impact factors and show the mechanical and electrical improvement in this paper. The accuracy can be improved by 3–5 dB for the proposed on-line bending loss measurement system. Development of an on-line fiber-optic bending loss measurement system can provide a fast-checking solution for jump-line quality improvement on fiber-from-the-desk (FFTD) access network.     

Fiber optic evanescent field absorption sensor: Effect of fiber parameters and geometry of the probe

A comparative experimental study of the fiber-optic evanescent field absorption sensor based on straight and U-shaped probes is presented. The effects of numerical aperture and the core radius of the fiber on the sensitivity of the sensor are experimentally investigated. Increase in the numerical aperture of the fiber increases the sensitivity of the sensor in the case of both the probes. The effect of core radius on the sensitivity depends on the bending radius of the probe. In the case of straight probe (i.e. infinite bending radius) the fiber with smaller core radius has high sensitivity while in the case of U-shaped probe with 0.17 cm bending radius, the fiber with larger core radius has high sensitivity. Thus, which fiber (with small or large core radius) has maximum sensitivity depends on the bending radius of the probe. For a given fiber, decrease in the bending radius increases the sensitivity of the U-shaped probe. An inverse power law relationship between the bending radius and the evanescent absorbance and hence the sensitivity is established.     

Light intensity modulation fiber-optic sensor for curvature measurement

A light intensity modulation fiber-optic sensor, which can measure curvature directly, has been developed. It is suitable for the measurement of thin, embedded or highly flexible structures. An experimental analysis on the static and dynamic characteristics of sensor has been undertaken. The results show that the output voltage has polarity and a good linear relationship with curvature when the curvature radius is larger than 60 mm. The mathematical model relating the relative output loss, parameters of sensitive zone’s configuration (depth, number, height and half angle of tooth) and bending radius is described analytically based on the geometric optics. Curvature fiber-optic sensors can be used to build a quasi-distributed fiber-optic sensor system, which can measure curvature and torsion angle simultaneously.     

Feasibility study on fiber-optic goniometer for measuring knee joint angle

In this study, we fabricated a fiber-optic goniometer using a plastic optical fiber, a light-emitting diode, and a photodiode. The cladding of the plastic optical fiber was removed at 0.5–3mm intervals regularly to increase the bending loss of the plastic optical fiber. Also, the output voltages of the photodiode based on light intensity that measured using the fiber-optic goniometer were measured light intensities using the fiber-optic goniometer were measured to evaluate the linearity of the fiber-optic goniometer. Finally, we measured the responses of the fiber-optic goniometer for gait speeds of 3, 5, and 10 km/h using a data acquisition board and a LabVIEW program.     

干涉型光纤水听器相位载波调制-解调中信号混叠产生的机理及解决方案

信号混叠是制约基于相位载波调制-解调的光纤水听器系统走向应用的一个关键问题。对信号混叠产生的机理进行了详细的理论分析和仿真,结果表明,提高光源调制频率和降低探头灵敏度都无法有效解决光纤水听器实际应用中遇到的高频干扰引起的混叠问题。基于声学滤波器原理,提出了一种新颖的声低通滤波解决方案。设计并加工制作了一种简单的声低通滤波光纤水听器,在驻波罐中对其声压灵敏度频响进行了测量。实验结果表明,该光纤水听器在测量频带上具有较好的声低通滤波特性,低频声压灵敏度约为-140 dB(0 dB=1 rad/μPa),高频衰减大于20 dB,对高频干扰有较强的抑制能力。该方案十分简单经济,能从根本上有效地解决相位载波调制-解调中的信号混叠问题。     

波导弯曲半径与弯曲损耗的关系

介绍了分析波导弯曲损耗的保形变换法和归一化方法以及由此得到的波导弯曲半径与弯曲损耗的关系式.建立了弯曲损耗经验公式,由该公式得出了四种常用材料的波导弯曲半径与弯曲损耗的曲线,并将已报道的相应材料制作的AWG中的最小弯曲半径及其对应的损耗实验数据与这些曲线上的相应数值进行了比较,结果表明,弯曲损耗经验公式在确定AWG中的最小弯曲半径时,有一定的参考价值.     

一种具有声低通滤波特性的无源零差光纤水听器

报道了一种新颖的具有抗混叠功能的无源零差迈克耳孙型光纤水听器.它由一个普通的芯轴型光纤水听器和一个圆柱型亥姆霍兹共振器构成.在驻波罐中对其声压相位灵敏度频响进行了测量,结果表明该光纤水听器具有较好的声低通滤波特性,能有效地抑制声信号中的高频成分,从而实现抗混叠滤波.该光纤水听器的低频声压相位灵敏度主要由传感光纤长度和弹性增敏层的物理特性决定,约为-159 dB(0 dB=1 rad/μPa).在1150 Hz附近出现了一个共振峰,这主要由圆柱型亥姆霍兹共振器的声学特性决定.1150～2280 Hz频段内的灵敏度衰减率约为50 dB/倍频程,1500 Hz以后的灵敏度衰减量大于10 dB.这对于提高我国未来声纳系统的抗干扰能力具有十分重要的意义.     

光纤超声传感器及应用研究进展

光纤超声传感器通过检测光纤内传输光的强度、波长、相位、偏振态等参数感知超声波的相关信息.相比于传统的电类超声换能器,光纤超声传感器能够实现宽频带超声波信号的高灵敏探测,且其良好的抗干扰能力和复用性,可有效地提高超声波探测的可靠性和效率,在水下国防安全、生物成像、无损探伤、地震物理模型成像等领域具有巨大的应用潜力.目前,按照传感结构,光纤超声传感器可分为光纤强度调制型、光纤干涉型和光纤光栅型,并在不同方面发挥着各自的优势,均受到关注.本文主要综述了这几种传感器的传感机理、实现方法、发展现状,总结了光纤超声传感器的几个应用领域及面临的科学技术挑战,重点讨论了光纤超声传感器作为一种新技术应用于地震物理模型成像.     

谱带吸收式光纤温度传感器

本文提出了一种新颖的半导体谱带吸收式光纤温度传感器系统结构.分析了半导体谱带吸收式光纤温度传感器的原理,推导了其数学模型.该传感器用反射式传感结构,以砷化镓半导体材料作为温度敏感元件,并利用除法器消除了传感器光源的波动及光纤的连接损耗,使传感器具有结构简单、抗环境干扰、高可靠性特点.文中对传感器的整个系统进行了设计和分析,并进行了实验测试,实验结果显示:该传感器在－20～110℃的温度范围内有1℃的测量精确度,并且温度从110℃降到15℃时的时间响应为25s.     

A semi-analytical calculation method of bending loss for large-mode-area fibers with arbitrary refractive-index profile

Predicting mode-dependent bending loss is important for large-mode-area (LMA) fibers to strip out unwanted modes. In order to seek a reasonable calculation method, a new bending loss formula that allows for both mode field distortion and weaker mode confinement was derived in detail. Based on the formula, a semi-analytical method was introduced to calculate the mode bending loss for LMA fibers. By combining the applications of the finite element method, discrete Fourier transforms and numerical integral, the method is valid for LMA fibers with arbitrary refractive index profile. The obtained loss characteristics are basically consistent with the previous results. This accordance demonstrates the feasibility and generality of the semi-analytical method.     

光纤水听器灵敏度测试研究

研制了一套简单可行的光纤水听器灵敏度校准装置,提出了一种简便的测量方法——比对法:将标准压电水听器探头和光纤水听器探头置于同一声场中，并将两探头的输出同时接到数字示波器上进行比对测量.研究表明,振动系统中的盛水容器具有一定的壁厚（>10 mm或1/10桶的外径）时，可将振动系统的谐振峰移出工作频段范围（3~1000 Hz）外.利用此装置结合比对法,校准系统简单，校准速度快,实验的误差小于0.5 dB,能满足一般光纤水听器灵敏度的校准需求.     

一种新型Sagnac式光纤电流传感器

为了消除震动对Sagnac式电流传感器测量结果的影响,提出一种光路改进方法来消除传感器对震动的敏感性,其基本原理是抵消Sagnac效应而不影响法拉第磁光效应。利用琼斯矩阵对改进后的光路结构进行了偏振态分析,理论分析和实验结果吻合,表明改进后的传感器其输出与震动无关。耦合半波片后Sagnac式光纤电流传感器的震动敏感性被消除了,为Sagnac式光纤电流传感器的工程化实现提供了一种可行的方法。     

基于薄芯光纤模态干涉技术的曲率光纤传感器

提出了一种新的基于薄芯光纤模态干涉技术的光纤曲率传感器。在单模光纤的中间部分插入薄芯光纤用于传感光路,没有插入薄芯光纤的单模光纤用于参考光路,以消除环境对曲率测量的影响。由于插入的薄芯光纤和单模光纤纤芯失配,导致包层的高次模被激发,并与纤芯模在单模光纤内形成干涉。当改变薄芯光纤的曲率时,沿纤芯和包层传播的模态和光纤长度会发生改变,使得干涉谷峰发生平移。将传感光纤的两端固定的平移台上,当调节平移台距离时,薄芯光纤的曲率发生改变,导致干涉谷峰向短波方向平移。通过观察谷峰的平移距离可以实现曲率的传感测量。实验表明,该装置具有低损耗、低成本和高灵敏度的特点。     

光纤双向应变-位移点式传感器

选择不同间距的基片自由端和不同长度的自由悬垂光纤研制了利用光纤弯曲损耗的光纤双向应变-位移传感器.该传感器可分别用于测量应变和位移.实验表明:悬臂梁上的应变标准误差约为～26 με.微位移架上的位移标准误差约～0.06 mm.基本满足建筑结构对测量精度的要求.     

Pseudo working-point control measurement scheme for acoustic sensitivity of interferometric fiber-optic hydrophones

A novel pseudo working-point control measurement scheme for the acoustic sensitivity of interferometric fiber-optic hydrophones is described and demonstrated.The measurement principle is introduced in detail.An experimental system,which interrogates an interferometric fiber-optic hydrophone with this method,is designed.The acoustic pressure phase sensitivity of the fiber-optic hydrophone is measured over the frequency range of 20-2500Hz.The measured acoustic sensitivity is about-156.5dB re 1rad/μPa with a fluctuation lower than ±1.2dB,which is in good agreement with the results obtained by the method of phase generated carrier.The experimental results testify the validity of this new method which has the advantages of no electric elements in the sensing head,the simplicity of signal processing,and wide working bandwidth.     

On the ultimate sensitivity of fiber-optic gyroscopes

The influence of noise inherent in emission sources and effects due to polarization mode coupling on random inhomogeneities in single-mode fibers on the ultimate sensitivity of fiber-optic gyros to rotation is studied. It is shown that the ultimate sensitivity of navigation fiber-optic gyros and precision fiber-optic gyros intended for detecting fundamental physical processes is limited largely by polarization effects. In directional fiber-optic gyros, conversely, radiation noise prevails.     

契形结构光纤表面等离子体共振传感器研究

提出了一种契形端面结构的光纤表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器激励模型. 采用时域有限差分法对契形SPR波导的共振模型进行数值模拟, 通过在光纤出射端抛磨契形角度并进行敏感膜修饰, 制出具有契形端面结构的类Kretschmann微棱镜式光纤SPR传感器, 实现激发SPR的光波调制.结果表明, 在1.3330–1.4215折射率范围内, 制备的契形光纤SPR传感器相对于常规光纤SPR传感器, 其平均灵敏度提高了近1–6倍, 1倍和6倍分别出现在小角度结构(15° 契形) 传感器和大角度结构(60°契形) 传感器, 且仍保持 10^-5 等级的分辨率. 该类型结构的传感器具有契形端面激励模式, 设计灵活性高、制备工艺简单、可微量检测样本等优点, 能够很好地适应于不同环境和测量条件的实际生化检测、环境监测需求. 关键词： 光纤传感器 表面等离子体共振 契形端面结构 折射率灵敏度