基于模式转换及双峰谐振效应的薄包层镀膜长周期光纤光栅特性研究

基于耦合模理论,首先研究了镀膜长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)高阶包层模的模式转换,划分了高阶包层模的非模式转换区及模式转换区。分析了高阶包层模有效折射率随薄膜厚度增加的响应特性,包层模谐振波长在模式转换区的偏移量要大于非模式转换区。在此基础上,研究了不同包层半径下高阶包层模谐振波长随光栅周期的变化情况,结果表明,相同包层半径下模式转换区内双峰间距的偏移量大于非模式转换区;无论在模式转换区还是非模式转换区,包层半径的减小将增加双峰间距的偏移量。最后分析了不同包层半径下的高阶包层模双峰透射谱在模式转换区及非模式转换区内的折射率响应,进而提出了薄包层镀膜LPFG的优化设计方案,当选定敏感膜层厚度及折射率处于镀膜LPFG的模式转换区内,光栅周期靠近相位匹配转折点时,将得到灵敏度高于传统LPFG双峰传感器的镀膜LPFG折射率型双峰传感器;而减小包层半径,将进一步提高传感器的分辨本领。     

基于双峰谐振效应的镀金属长周期光纤光栅液体浓度传感器

利用长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)中的双峰谐振效应,结合表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器的高灵敏度,提出了一种新型镀金属光纤光栅液体浓度传感器.采用双包层结构模型和耦合模理论,分析r镀金属长周期光纤光栅双峰效应的谐振特性,环境折射率的传感特性以及金属膜厚对双峰LPFG灵敏度的影响.实验上制作了具有双峰效应的镀银膜长周期光纤...     

镀膜相移长周期光纤光栅大间隔双峰滤波特性

研究了镀膜相移长周期光纤光栅(PS-LPFG)工作于相位匹配转折点(PMTP)时的大间隔双峰滤波特性。LPFG工作于PMTP时,纤芯模与高次包层模耦合产生的损耗峰3dB带宽可达288nm以上,在此LPFG中点引入单个π相移时在中心波长两侧出现的两个阻带峰间隔达388nm,远大于低次包层模耦合π相移LPFG的双峰间隔。在LPFG中均匀地引入M(M>1)个π相移时,双峰间隔随M的增大而增大,M为奇数时,中心波长损耗为0;M为偶数时,中心波长损耗随M的增大而减小。薄膜折射率与厚度的增加都将使两个阻带峰向短波长方向移动并增大双峰间隔。光栅长度的增大在改变双峰峰值损耗的同时使双峰间隔逐渐减小。     

Optimal design of temperature-insensitive long period fiber gratings for athermal refractive-index sensor

Based on coupled-mode theory of long-period fiber grating (LPFG), a theoretical analysis and simulations for the optimal design of a temperature-insensitive LPFG is presented in order to achieve an athermal condition for sensing the refractive index of the external medium. Effects of the variation of the cladding radius and grating period on the temperature sensitivity of the LPFG are discussed. Both of these parameters are found to be important to control the temperature sensitivity when the thermo-optic coefficients of core and cladding materials are of the same order. Other grating parameters are also optimized in order to achieve a good contrast of the grating period with resonance wavelength in the 1.5 μm region and to sense the external medium refractive index over a wide range. Variation of external medium refractive index from 1.0 to 1.45 results a red-shift in the LPFG resonance wavelength by 86 nm with its temperature sensitivity as low as 0.008 nm/°C over a temperature range of 0–80 °C for this optimally designed LPFG.     

表面镀层长周期光纤光栅双峰谐振及其透射谱研究

采用严格的耦合模理论,通过求解表面镀层长周期光纤光栅的特征方程,给出了双峰谐振波长的确定方法,以及它与光栅周期和模式序数之间的关系。结果表明,对应于较高次的包层模式,存在双峰谐振现象,且包层模式序数越高,与芯模产生谐振耦合所需的光栅周期越小。进一步讨论了双峰谐振波长的间距随薄膜参量与光栅参量变化的关系,描绘了这些参量对透射谱衰减谐振峰的影响,理论分析结果与X.W.Shu的无镀层长周期光纤光栅实验结果一致。这些研究为建立高灵敏的双峰谐振薄膜传感器提供了结构优化的理论支持。     

材料色散对LPFG双峰谐振效应特性的影响

采用严格的耦合理论,研究了长周期光纤光栅各层材料色散对双峰谐振效应的影响,指出芯层和包层材料色散必须同时考虑才能切实地符合实际情况.分析了材料色散对不同膜层参数下双峰谐振LPFG透射特性的影响,模拟计算了材料色散计及与否时的双峰谐振波长,两种情形下两峰偏差值分别约在1.5—2 nm和6.5—7.5 nm浮动.最后,讨论了材料色散对双峰LPFG传感器灵敏度的影响.结果表明,此类传感器对膜层折射率的分辩率高达10^-8,计及材料色散后的等高线图可为传感器灵敏度设计提供精确的参数选择组合. 关键词： 材料色散 长周期光纤光栅 双峰谐振     

长周期光纤光栅折射率传感器的结构优化

为了提高长周期光纤光栅对环境介质折射率的传感灵敏度,提出一种长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径的结构优化.基于长周期光纤光栅的耦合模理论,分析了长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径的大小分别与环境介质折射率传感灵敏度的关系,讨论了长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径对折射率传感的影响以及控制光栅周期与包层半径对折射率传感的重要性.为使优化的长周期光纤光栅具有实用性,谐振波长设计在1.55 μm的常规波长范围,经过多次摸拟实验,提出最佳优化参量为：Λ=380 μm,rcl=17 μm,对环境介质折射率从1.26~1.38不同值的实验测试,折射率传感灵敏度达到0.000 12,长周期光纤光栅的结构优化获得理想的预期效果.     

Deposition of coatings on long-period fiber gratings: tunnel effect analogy

The sensitivity of Long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs), coated with high-refractive-index thin film overlays, to the refractive index and the thickness of the overlay, and to the ambient refractive index, can be enhanced with a design based on a two-overlay coating of an LPFG. The first overlay of lower refractive index than the cladding affects the guidance of a cladding mode in the second overlay of higher refractive index than the cladding. This causes a more abrupt cladding modal redistribution than with the deposition of a unique high-refractive-index overlay. The phenomenon is analyzed with a method based on a vectorial analysis of modes and the application of coupled mode theory.     

Widely tunable long-period fiber grating with nm-thick higher refractive index film overlay

By introducing a four-layer step-index waveguide modeling, the characteristics of long-period fiber grating (LPFG) with an nm-thick film overlay, which has higher refractive index than that of fiber cladding are investigated in detail. The influence of both the overlay thickness and refractive index on the tuning ability of LPFG is analyzed. The numerical results demonstrate that spectral response of LPFG is divided into three distinct regions as the overlay deposition increases and the shift of resonant wavelength is drastic in some special thickness range. In conjunction with higher-order cladding mode coupling and fiber cladding etching, the sensitivity of LPFG to the overlay refractive index is enhanced significantly and over 120 nm resonant wavelength tunable range is achieved.     

镀有SiO_2-WO_3薄膜LPFG折射率传感特性研究

采用四层阶跃折射率几何模型,研究了镀有SiO2-WO3薄膜LPFG在溶液折射率测量方面的特性,并与未镀膜情况进行了比较。当LPFG包层外镀膜后,测量纯水、CaCl2溶液(浓度为450gL-1,折射率为1.4056)时波长漂移量分别是未镀膜时的1.67和2.55倍;谐振峰的损耗变化分别是未镀膜时的4.44和2.82倍;在1.36-1.38折射率范围内,传感器的灵敏度和分辨率分别是216.58nm和0.82×10-5,是镀膜前的3.27和0.30倍,说明镀膜后LPFG对溶液折射率测量的灵敏度和分辨率得到了很大的提高。     

Optical fiber long-period grating with solgel coating for gas sensor

The novel long-period fiber grating (LPFG) film sensor is composed of the long-period grating coated with solgel-derived sensitive films. The characteristics of the transmissivity of the LPFG film sensor are studied. By analyzing the relation among the sensitivity Sn, the thin film optical parameters, and the fiber grating parameters, the optimal design parameters of the LPFG film sensor are obtained. Data simulation shows that the resolution of the refractive index of this LPFG film sensor is predicted to be 10(-8). Experimentally, a LPFG film sensor for detection of C(2)H(5)OH was fabricated, and a preliminary gas-sensing test was performed.     

矩形折射率调制型薄膜长周期光纤光栅特性研究

镀膜长周期光纤光栅传感器是目前光纤光栅传感研究的一个热点,但关于此类传感器模型的全面的理论分析目前还很少。本文基于严格的四层模型,从理论上对芯层折射率调制为矩形波调制的薄膜长周期光纤光栅的特性进行了详细的分析。在充分考虑材料色散对光纤芯层和包层的影响后,对薄膜参数、占空比和环境折射率的变化对镀膜长周期光纤光栅的谱特性的影响进行了数值研究。研究结果表明,薄膜参数对透射谱有重要影响,合理设计薄膜厚度可以获得较佳的损耗峰。研究还发现,镀膜后占空比对透射谱的影响减小,而对环境折射率变化的敏感度增加。在占空比为0.5时光栅具有最大的损耗峰值。     

Structure design of refractive index sensor based on LPFG with double-layer coatings

Based on the coupled-mode theory, the mode transition and transmittance of LP modes in an LPFG with double-layer coatings are studied theoretically. As a refractive index sensor, this LPFG structure is designed for high sensitivity by selecting a suitable thickness and refractive index of the double-layer coatings. Date simulation indicates that the effective index of the LP cladding mode increases in steps with the first coating thickness, thus LP mode is guided to the overlay and the mode transition takes place, where the LP modes can be easily affected by the ambient. Thereby, the coated LPFG sensor should be designed to operate at the transition region. In addition, the effective refractive index of LP cladding modes also increases in steps with the refractive index of the second overlay. For the higher order LP modes, the transition regions are broaden and the dynamic responses are greater than the lower LP modes, which means the higher order LP modes can be used for lower index overlay sensing. Further, the transmittance spectrum, sensitivity and measurable dynamic range of this LPFG are analyzed. The sensitivity of the LPFG sensor is available to $10^{3}$ with suitable overlay thickness and measurable dynamic range of the sensitive film refractive index is available to $10^{-2}$ . So the presented LPFG sensor enhances the design flexibility and enlarges the scope of application, which will likely be developed for high sensitivity LPFG sensors.     

Enhancement of sensitivity in long-period fiber gratings with deposition of low-refractive-index materials

It was proved [Opt. Lett. 30, 720 (2005)] that the deposition of an overlay of higher refractive index than that of the cladding on a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) causes large shifts in the attenuation bands induced by the grating. The result is an enhancement of the sensitivity of the LPFG to variations in the ambient and overlay refractive indices or the overlay thickness. The limitation of the previous design to materials with higher refractive indices than that of the cladding of the LPFG is overcome with a five-layer model. To this purpose, a first overlay of higher refractive index than that of the cladding of the LPFG will enhance the sensitivity of the device to variations in the refractive index of a second overlay of lower refractive index than that of the cladding of the LPFG. Moreover, it is proved that, if the second overlay is thick enough, its behavior resembles that of an infinite layer.     

单端面长周期光栅透射模式测量技术

为了实现长周期光栅透射谱测量模式的远距离监测,设计了单端面镀反射膜的测量装置系统,对单端面镀银膜长周期光栅的传感原理做了分析,并从实验的角度分别对单端面镀银膜模式系统和直接透射模式系统的长周期光栅在不同折射率的环境介质中的响应进行了研究,比较了它们的异同。首先,采用2×2单模光纤耦合器分别连接光谱分析仪、光源、长周期光栅。然后,在包含长周期光栅的光纤的另一个端面制备反射银膜。最后,通过测量一系列不同折射率的环境介质,比较了直接透射模式与单端面镀银膜模式下的长周期光栅的响应光谱。实验结果表明:采用波长解调表达时,对于同一种环境介质,两种模式下长周期光栅的响应光谱的谐振波长基本相同;采用功率/峰值解调表达时,随着甘油浓度从水变为80%的甘油溶液,直接透射模式下的光损耗从-6.05 d B变为-9.22 d B,单端面镀银膜模式下的光损耗从-8.03 d B变为-11.33d B。与直接透射模式相比,单端面镀银膜的长周期光栅光谱中的相对光损耗明显增加,谐振峰更尖锐,更有利于谐振波长和谐振峰光损耗值的识别。本研究设计的单端面镀银膜的长周期光栅测量系统不仅保留了长周期光栅透射谱的感应模式,而且使长周期光栅在对环境介质的测量中操作更加灵活方便,尤其是在远距离、恶劣环境或深层液体的折射率测量中具有独特的优势。     

金属包层长周期光纤光栅的理论和实验研究

金属包层长周期光纤光栅可用于对谐振波长的调谐。通过实验和理论研究了长周期光纤光栅在沉积金属包层前后谐振波长的变化规律。分析了金属包层光纤的特点,给出了金属包层光纤包层模的本征方程,并给出了这一复本征方程的求解方法。长周期光纤光栅在沉积金属包层后,对低阶包层模,谐振波长会向长波方向偏移,模次增加,偏移会增大;对高阶包层模,谐振波长向短波方向偏移。不同金属包层,谐振波长的偏移量也有一定差别。所给出的理论分析方法,可用于预测谐振波长的偏移方向和大小,对设计和制做这类长周期光纤光栅提供理论参考。     

不同包层直径的倾斜光纤光栅折射率传感特性

倾斜光纤光栅的透射谱中有纤芯模和大量的包层模,它们具有与布拉格光栅相同的温度特性.利用HF酸腐蚀的方法得到具有不同包层直径的倾斜光纤光栅,研究了其对外界折射率的传感特性.结果表明,外界环境折射率在1.333～1.4532之间变化时,同一直径倾斜光纤光栅的高阶包层模的敏感性要比低阶包层模强;随着包层直径的减小,包层模的敏感性增强,且在折射率比较高的环境中有更高的敏感性.因此,利用倾斜光纤光栅的温度特性不仅可以解决温度交叉敏感问题,而且通过小同的腐蚀程度能定制所需要的灵敏度,以实现对环境折射率的高灵敏度测量.该办法可应用于对生物和化学等高灵敏度传感领域的各种溶液进行实时监控.     

长周期光纤光栅折射率传感器的结构优化

为了提高长周期光纤光栅对环境介质折射率的传感灵敏度,提出一种长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径的结构优化.基于长周期光纤光栅的耦合模理论,分析了长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径的大小分别与环境介质折射率传感灵敏度的关系,讨论了长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径对折射率传感的影响以及控制光栅周期与包层半径对折射率传感的重要性.为使...     

啁啾长周期光纤光栅的超宽带滤波特性及其切趾优化

基于光纤光栅的模式耦合理论,采用传输矩阵法对啁啾长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)的超宽带滤波特性进行了分析。研究表明当啁啾LPFG的纤芯模同时与同向传输的多个阶次的包层模发生耦合,且与多个不同阶次包层模对应的谐振峰交叠时,其传输谱带宽可扩展到500nm以上,可用做超宽带带阻滤波器。传输谱带宽随模式序数、啁啾系数、光栅长度、周期和折射率调制量的增加单调递增,但随光纤包层半径的增大单调递减。采用高斯折射率切趾技术抑制了传输谱旁瓣,为设计超宽带滤波器提供了新的方法。     

金属镀层两层膜系长周期光纤光栅谐振特性研究

采用严格的耦合模理论,建立了镀会属膜和敏感膜的两层膜系长周期光纤光栅复特征方程,用微扰法对复数超越特征方程进行求解.结果和文献[5]给出的数据相符.理论模拟数据表明.金属的消光系数对功率密度和透射谱影响很大.低阶偶次模式在纤芯内的功率密度所占比重远大于奇次模式,其衰减峰幅度也比奇次模高,因此,金属镀层长周期光纤光栅实际应用时,需要选择偶次模作为研究对象.进一步理论分析了金属和敏感膜层参数对长周期光纤光栅谐振特性的影响,研究发现,金属膜厚、敏感膜厚和折射率对谐振波长有较大的影响,谐振波长随金属膜厚、敏感膜厚和折射率的增大向短波方向漂移.在某些区域谐振波长存在跳变现象,长周期光纤光栅实际应用时应避开此区域.