基于保偏光子晶体光纤的Sagnac干涉温度与应变传感特性

提出一种基于Sagnac干涉原理的光纤传感器,并将其用于温度和应变的环境检测。实验中,选用乙醇溶液填充前后的保偏光子晶体光纤（PM-PCF）作为传感单元。首先,将未填充乙醇溶液的PM-PCF熔接到Sagnac干涉环路中,依靠PM-PCF基底材料的光热效应和光弹性效应,分别在26～50℃温度范围内和0～900μ?应变范围内,实现了-1.72 nm/℃的温度传感灵敏度和35.35 pm/μ?的应变灵敏度。然后,利用氮气加压装置,将乙醇溶液填充到PM-PCF包层空气孔内。这是利用功能材料的外场调谐作用来增强Sagnac干涉仪的传感性能。填充乙醇溶液后,该传感器的温度灵敏度达到-2.66 nm/℃,约为原始PM-PCF温度灵敏度的1.55倍。所提出的用于温度和应变测量的Sagnac干涉传感器结构较为简单,具有良好的迟滞性,对提升光纤传感灵敏度具有一定的借鉴意义。     

High sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber

A high sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber is proposed in this work.In order to achieve high sensitivity and high stability,the gold layer is coated on the side-polished photonic crystal fiber to support surface plasmon resonance.The mixture of ethanol and chloroform is used as the thermosensitive liquid.The performances of the proposed temperature sensor were investigated by the finite element method(FEM).Simulation results indicate that the sensitivity of the temperature sensor is as high as 7.82 nm/℃.It has good linearity(R;=0.99803),the resolution of 1.1×10;℃,and the amplitude sensitivity of 0.1008℃;.In addition,the sizes of the small air hole and polishing depth have little influence on the sensitivity.Therefore,the proposed sensor shows a high structure tolerance.The excellent performance and high structure tolerance of the sensor make it an appropriate choice for temperature measurement.