一种微型光纤光栅压力传感器

设计并实现了一种新型光纤光栅压力传感器。该传感器以光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)为敏感元件,通过菱形钢结构,将压力转换为膜片横向应变,通过将光纤光栅粘于工形膜片中心轴线上,可将压力转换为光纤光栅轴向应变,通过解调光栅的中心波长漂移即可得到压力大小。传感器外壳采用圆柱体刚性封装,外高为13mm,直径为33mm。对设计的传感器进行了压力标定测试,得出传感器的线性拟合度为0.993 5,量程为0~0.234MPa,灵敏度为3.341nm/MPa。     

Temperature-induced effect on refractive index of graphene based on coated in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer

The temperature-induced complex refractive index(CRI) effect of graphene is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally based on a graphene coated in-fiber MZI(Mach-Zehnder interferometer). The relationships between real and imaginary parts of the graphene CRI and temperature are obtained through investigating the dip wavelength and intensity of the MZI interference spectrum changing with temperature, respectively. The temperature effect of CRI of the graphene is also analyzed theoretically. Both experimental and theoretical studies show that the real part and imaginary part of the CRI nonlinearly decrease and increase with temperature increasing, respectively. This graphene-coated in-fiber MZI structure also possesses the advantages of easy fabrication, miniaturization, low cost and robustness. It has potential applications in nanomaterial-based optic devices for communication and sensing.     

全光纤干涉式结构中传感模式仿真分析

全光纤干涉式传感结构中包层模场与外界物理量作用,携带被感测信息,因此对包层模的研究是设计制作和提高该类传感器传感性能的关键.利用有限差分光束传播法获得传感光纤不同长度和不同芯径比时传感器对应的光谱,通过傅里叶变换获得其干涉频谱,计算出各主要参与干涉的包层模组的有效折射率,利用色散方程确定对应包层模.理论仿真结果显示,随着传感部分光纤长度增加,参与干涉的包层模式随之增加,并且向高阶模式变化,光谱变得稠密,是多阶包层模干涉的叠加,传感器输出干涉谱的自由光谱范围变小.随着输入光纤与传感光纤芯径比变化,会明显改变纤芯包层功率分布,同时,芯径比增大也会增加参与干涉的包层模种类和阶数.