基于光纤锥级联结构的湿度传感器

提出了一种基于普通单模光纤粗锥级联结构的马赫-曾德尔干涉湿度传感器.将两根单模光纤对芯熔融成一个粗锥,并依次级联,形成光纤锥-单模光纤-光纤锥-单模光纤-光纤锥结构.外界环境湿度、温度的改变使传感器的纤芯基模和包层模的光程差发生改变,引起传感器干涉光谱发生变化.通过监测干涉谱波长和能量的变化实现对外界物理量的测量.实验结果表明,当空气中湿度在35~95%RH范围内变化时,传感器的湿度灵敏度为-0.065dB/%RH,线性度为0.997;当温度在30~80℃范围内变化时传感器的温度灵敏度为69.4pm/℃,线性度为0.998.该传感器可以避免温湿度的交叉影响,实现单参量的同时在线区分测量.     

Field Measurements of Polarization Mode Dispersion

Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) measurements are presented for a sample of installed optical fibers. High PMD values are fairly common, with 9 of the 71 fibers having PMD coefficients above 0.3 ps km1 2. The results are analyzed in terms of the age of the fibers and the type of cabling. Measurements are presented for a number of concatenated fiber links, and the results show that the PMD value of the link is approximately equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the PMD values of the individual fibers.     

光纤水听器解调技术研究进展

光纤水听器是水声研究领域的关键技术,在实际应用中具有显著优势,广泛应用于AUV导航定位、资源勘探、海水警戒等场景.光纤水听器将声信号转化为光信号传播,在接收信号时就需要对光信号进行解调提取出声压信号.总结了几种常用的信号解调算法及关键技术,包括PGC解调法、3×3耦合器解调法和外差解调法;介绍了各种解调算法的基本原理和...     

差动式光纤微小角度传感器

采用双面反射调制技术,设计了双光纤差动式光纤微小角度传感器.动态范图±10’,分辨率1",精度可达3".可用于各种非接触微小角度的测量场合.     

Multiplexing Techniques for Noninterferometric Optical Point-Sensor Networks: A Review

This article presents a review of the strategies that have been both demonstrated and proposed for the multiplexing of multiple noninterferometric optical fiber point sensors to form a sensor network. The focus, which avoids consideration of interferometric sensor types, enables discussion of conventional multiplexing tech niques, namely, spatial, time division, frequency division, and wavelength division prior to dealing with combined or hybrid schemes, which exhibit the potential for increased multiplexing gain. Specific advantages and potential drawbacks of the different strategies are provided together with an indication of the number of point sensors that each multiplexing scheme can support.     

Broadcasting, Scalability, and Reconfigurability Aspects in an All-Optical Network Architecture

All-optical networks are a sound answer to the huge data traffic demand expected for the forthcoming information society. Interesting networking aspects are the broadcasting, scalability, and reconfiguration in an all-optical environment. These issues are addressed in the present article for an all-optical network called MATRIX, which is time slotted and uses packet switching. The architecture enables the all-optical interconnection of a large number of nodes with both a small number of wavelengths and wavelength continuity based on a consequent exploitation of wavelength-division multiplexing and space-division multiplexing (i.e., multiple fibers per cable are used). For an efficient use of the resources, each node is equipped with multiple transmitters and receivers, respectively. Two different broadcasting schemes are investigated. An analytical model is developed, and the corresponding simulation results are in good agreement. It is further shown how different networks of arbitrary size can be interconnected to larger all-optical network clusters, thereby providing scalability not only with respect to the number of nodes but also to the geographical extension. Finally, wavelength reassignments allow change of optical paths through the network in case of changing traffic patterns or network failures in order to best exploit the available network resources. The total number of possible configurations is determined by the theory of Latin Squares.     

Fiber Optical Bragg Grating Refractometer

We have demonstrated an evanescent field refractive indexfiber sensor comprising a 42-mm Bragg grating in an etched fiber together with a tunable Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser. Characterization of different aqueous sucrose solutions resulted in a resolution of roughly 10 mM sucrose. The sensor in the presented form has a theoretical sensitivity of higher than 10 5 refractive index unit (riu) in a refractive index region close to the cladding index of the fiber. However, the technique allows for an even higher sensitivity than 10 6 riu with a proper signal processing scheme.     

High resolution instrumentation system for fibre-Bragg grating aerospace sensors

A passive technique for high-resolution detection of the wavelength of peak reflection from fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors is presented. The approach, based on a de-convolution of the FBG spectrum and the spectrometer resolution, essentially overcomes the low spectral resolution (≈0.1 nm) associated with commercial spectrometers employing CCD detection. The performance of two algorithms, the Centroid Detection algorithm (CDA) and the least squares method (LSQ), are compared. The LSQ algorithm offers resolution enhancement of at least two orders of magnitude and is shown to be independent of the FBG intensity and bandwidth over a broad range.     

激光诱导金纳米棒图案化光纤SERS探针

研究了激光诱导沉积制备光纤表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)探针,并对探针的SERS性能进行检测。探讨光纤探针制备过程中金纳米棒溶液的浓度对探针灵敏度的影响。结果表明,将不同浓度的金纳米棒溶液进行激光诱导,在光纤端面会形成金纳米棒团簇和分散两种纳米结构。金纳米棒溶液的浓度、激光功率、诱导时间等因素都会对诱导沉积图案产生影响。实验利用功率为5 mW的激光进行诱导,在1.5×10^-9, 1.0×10^-9和7.5×10^-10 mol·L^-1的金纳米棒溶液中,经5 min沉积,制备出不同图案的光纤SERS探针。采用晶种法合成金纳米棒,用透射电子显微镜(TEM)观察金纳米棒形貌,并根据TEM图像分析计算了合成金纳米棒的长径比约为3.8。用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察金纳米棒的形貌以及激光诱导沉积后的纤维修饰端形貌,7.5×10^-10 mol·L^-1的金纳米棒溶液进行激光诱导,金纳米棒在光纤端面分布较为分散,而1.5×10^-9和1.0×10^-...     

光纤光栅弹簧管压力传感器的压力和温度特性

本文利用弹簧管对于压力的机械放大作用,将弹簧管与光纤光栅悬臂梁调谐技术相结合,研制了一种新颖的光纤光栅弹簧管压力传感器,大大提高了光纤布喇格光栅对压力测量的灵敏度,压力灵敏度系数可达-1.79×10^-4/MPa,比裸光栅提高了两个数量级,在0～12MPa的压力范围内,光纤布喇格光栅中心反射波长的改变与压力成良好的线性关系.同时由于悬臂梁热膨胀效应的影响,光纤光栅的温度灵敏度提高为裸光栅的7倍.