A novel temperature-insensitive strain sensor based on tapered fiber grating

A novel temperature-insensitive strain sensor based on bandwidth demodulation of the reflected light from the tapered fiber grating is presented, which is simple and low-cost and has considerable potential particularly application for strain sensing,and with the development of the interrogation system, it can demodulate both the bandwidth and the center wavelength of the reflected light from TFG to measure strain and temperature simultaneously.     

A temperature-insensitive strain sensor using a fiber Bragg grating

A novel temperature-insensitive strain sensor based on a fiber Bragg grating is demonstrated. The front section of the fiber Bragg grating is fixed to a crystal plate, and the other section is linearly etched by HF acid. The reflected power and bandwidth of the grating vary linearly with strain and is insensitive to temperature variation.     

基于梳状滤波器的光纤甲烷传感器的研究

采用基于Sagnac的保偏光子晶体光纤(polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber,PM-PCF)滤波器,将宽带光源精确匹配甲烷气体在近红外波段的几个吸收线谱.设计出一个简单合理的多反射气室,使得光源和甲烷气体之间能够充分相互作用,提高了系统的灵敏度.同时,在测量甲烷气体浓度时,加入乙炔气体作为干扰,通过实验验证了该方案能够有效减缓交叉气体的灵敏度.     

Numerical simulation of a neotype fluidic sensing system based on side-polished optical fiber

Theoretical design of a neotype fluidic controlling sensor system based on side-polished optical fiber is proposed. Numerical investigations demonstrate that the higher birefringence and resonance coupling can be achieved by flexible design of the polishing shape and depth in the research wavelength. The fluidic system is beneficial to selective integration of functional materials. The material is integrated into the fluidic system, which can achieve a birefringence up to 6.98×10-5, and the application of Sagnac thermometer in temperature sensing is studied, and a group of dips with different temperature sensitivities would be observed in the transmission spectra, which is about 1.6 nm/°C by calculating. furthermore, by introducing resonant coupling, single mode single polarization at 1 310 nm is realized. The refractive index (RI) response of the sensing system for a low RI range of 1.39—1.37 is approximately linear, and exhibits a sensitivity of 6 338 nm/RIU. The results show that the proposed neotype fluidic controlling system can be used as a flexible polarization filter or as a potential two-parameter sensor.     

双偏振微结构光纤光栅的折射率传感特性分析

研究了微结构光纤(MOF)布拉格光栅(FBG)的双偏振折射率传感特性。利用有限元方法对保偏微结构光纤(PM-MOF)的传输特性进行了分析,计算了传输特性曲线,分析了该种光纤单模传输的范围。同时结合耦合模理论,仿真了该种光纤均匀布拉格光栅在充入不同介质时的反射谱,得到两个偏振模LP0x1和LP0y1的中心波长差与介质折射率的关系曲线,通过特性曲线拟合出相应公式。同时,仿真了该光纤光栅的温度特性,研究结果表明,两个偏振模中心波长对温度响应相似,因此利用双偏振差分的方式来探测,具有较强的抗干扰能力,这一特性为光纤生物传感器的应用提供了理论依据。     

基于强度检测的HiBi-PCF-FLM温度不敏感应力传感器

提出一种基于强度检测的高双折射光子晶体光纤环镜(HiBi-PCF-FLM,highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber loop mirror)温度不敏感应力传感器。利用PCF对温度的不敏感性,把一小段HiBi-PCF传感光纤插入到FLM中,可实现温度不敏感应力传感。利用应力作用引起FLM透射光谱移动的特性,由DFB激光作为入射光源,使用光功率计检测经过FLM后的透射光强度,实现基于强度检测的应力传感。当输入波长为1547 nm时,作用于PCF应力与经过FLM后透射光强度的关系可拟合为二次函数,其与实验数据的拟合度高达0.9995。     

基于可调谐珐珀滤波器的光纤珐珀传感解调系统研究

在光纤法珀（Fabry Perot.简称F-P）传感解调系统中,获取传感器反射信号的光谱成分是一种实用的方法,论文从可调谐珐珀滤波器波长选择特性的原理出发,提出使用可调谐珐珀滤波器获取传感器反射信号的光谱,从而实现光纤珐珀传感器的腔长信息解调,并在此基础上使用DSP为控制核心搭建了该系统,实验证明了方案的可行性。     

一种使用光纤传感器的全光网络攻击检测研究

全光网络是通信网络发展的大趋势,光纤传感器因其所特有的特性具有电子传感器所无法比拟的优势。介绍了全光网络的结构和对全光网络可能采取的攻击方式,讨论了如何利用光纤传感器对针对全光网络的攻击进行检测。     

Light intensity-referred and temperature-insensitive fiber Bragg grating dynamic pressure sensor

Temperature-insensitive fiber Bragg grating (FBG) dynamic pressure sensing based on reflection spectrum bandwidth modulation and differential optical power detection is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A special double-hole cantilever beam is designed to induce linear strain-gradient distribution along the sensing FBG, resulting in FBG reflection spectrum symmetrical broadening and optical power increase.Based on the theory of optical waveguide and material mechanics, the causation of FBG spectrum broadening under the linear strain-gradient is analyzed, and the corresponding force-to-bandwidth broadening relation and force-to-optical power relation are formulized. FBG spectrum bandwidth and reflection optical power linearly change with applied pressure and both of them are insensitive to spatially uniform temperature variations.For a temperature range from -10℃ to 80℃, the measured pressure fluctuates less than 1.8% F.S.(120 kPa) without any temperature compensation. The system acquisition time is up to about 80 Hz for dynamic pressure measurement.     

Research on SFTS structure based optical fiber sensor

A single-mode-few-mode-thin-core-single-mode (SFTS) structure based optical fiber sensor is fabricated and experimentally studied. The sensing principle relies on the inter-modal interference. Since the core diameter of few-mode fiber (FMF) is larger than that of single-mode fiber (SMF), the FMF helps to allow more light to enter the cladding of thin-core fiber (TCF), which helps TCF to excite cladding modes. The interference between core and cladding modes in TCF occurs at the joint of lead-out SMF and TCF. Experimental results demonstrate a refractive index (RI) sensitivity of ?103.34 nm/RIU and a temperature sensitivity of 0.05 nm/°C. The proposed sensor not only can measure temperature, but also can measure RI. In addition, the proposed sensor is simple for without complicated fabrication process.     

基于保偏光纤模式干涉的应变传感器研究

为了进一步了解模式干涉光纤传感器的原理,并相应提高应变传感器的性能,提出一种基于保偏光纤(PMF)的模式干涉应变传感器。在两根单模光纤(SMF)之间,腰椎放大熔接一根长30mm的PMF,构成全光纤模式干涉传感器。应变的变化将会引起光纤的纤芯模与包层模相位差的变化,从而导致干涉光谱的变化。在应变范围为0～3 605με,通过光谱仪(OSA)检测宽带光源经光纤传感器后的透射光谱。采用最小二乘法对光强强度和应变进行线性拟合,发现光强减小的趋势与应变的变化有很高的线性关系,并测得应变的灵敏度可达到0.004dB/με,对应的分辨率为2.5με。本文传感器制造简单、费用较低和结构稳固,并且具有很高的分辨率,因此适用于实际测量。     

A broad-band single polarization optical fiber

The authors report on a single-mode optical fiber that transmits one and only one polarization state of the fundamental mode over a broad wavelength band (13%). The good broadband performance is attributed to the fiber's refractive-index profile, which mathematically allows only one polarization state to cutoff. The authors discuss general design principles and show that the mode field diameter is a qualitative indicator of the fiber's performance. The fiber's guided polarization state is similar to the fundamental mode of a step-index fiber in its low attenuation, 5.5 dB/km, and small mode diameter, 5.8 μm (both measurements at 840 nm). Most important, the fiber shows a broad single polarization band, 13%, a feature well described by the change in mode field diameter with wavelength of an ideal, circularly symmetry, W -profile fiber     

Temperature sensor based on etched optical fiber with a metal coating

Presented in this work is a new class of optical fiber temperature sensor, of which the heat-expansion thin film is coated on the etched fiber. It uses the method that combine thermal carving technique with chemical etching. The sensitivity of the sensor is increased and the shape size is decreased. This sensor possesses the linear temperature response and the good repeatability. These sensors can be used to measure finely the temperature which is lower than 200°c.     

Novel all-fiber bandpass filter based on hollow optical fiber

We report an in-line all-fiber bandpass filter based on a hollow optical fiber (HOF) core mode blocker along with a long-period fiber grating (LPG) pair. It is theoretically and experimentally confirmed that selective core mode blocking at the HOF region located in the middle of the LPG pair could provide efficient passband channels corresponding to the resonant wavelengths of the LPGs. The filter characteristics in passbands and the nearfield patterns of guided modes in the proposed device are discussed.     

A switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on saturable absorber and active optical fiber ring filter

We propose a specific aspheric cylindrical optical system to transform Gaussian beam to flat-top and rectangular beam. The Gaussian beam shaping system is composed of dual orthogonal aspheric cylindrical lenses. The principle of shaping Gaussian beam is studied theoretically. The mapping function of arbitrary rays in an incident plane and an image plane is deduced based on the law of energy conservation, and the real ray tracing method is adopted to design the shaping system. Finally, the lens system is processed by single point diamond turning techniques. Testing results indicate that the system achieves the theoretical expectation, and the uniformity of flat-top and rectangular beam is 88.2%. The method is not only simple but also practical.     

基于弯曲损耗的光纤温度传感器

为了推导多模光纤弯曲损耗与弯曲半径、环境温度的关系,采用了WKB法求解非均匀直光纤的传播模数,并将弯曲光纤的有效折射率、弯曲光纤截止传播常数和光纤的热光效应同时引入到非均匀直光纤有效传播模数中。利用多模光纤进行实验验证,研制出测温灵敏度为0.1/℃、测温范围为10℃～70℃的光纤温度传感器。结果表明,弯曲损耗随弯曲半径的增大而减小,随环境温度的升高而减小,可以利用弯曲损耗测量环境温度。     

基于F-P的光纤气体检测系统

简单介绍了利用F-P的可调谐性提出的一种新型的基于1550nm宽带光源的光纤气体检测系统的工作原理、实验装置软硬件设计以及利用该实验装置进行实验数据处理的思想--FFT一次谐波算法和计算光谱面积的算法.利用一次谐波的方法进行了实验,得出实验结果和结论.     

Distributed optical fiber vibration sensing system based on polarization detection

A novel distributed optical fiber vibration sensing system based on polarization detection is proposed and demonstrated. A Faraday rotator mirror is employed at the end of the system, which eliminates the slow polarization variation of signal light and only responses to rapid polarization change caused by external vibration interference. Based on the sensing signal characteristics, the location of polarization disturbance point can be detected accurately. Experiments on polarization controller simulation and actual vibration detection show that a higher localization accuracy better than 1% is successfully obtained in 13.8 km, 21.2 km and 35.8 km sensing fibers systems.     

基于熊猫光纤的高灵敏度温度传感器北大核心CSCD

本实验基于模间干涉原理制作了由熊猫型保偏光纤(Panda polarization maintaining fiber,PMF)构成的马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(Mach-Zehnder interferometer,MZI)传感器。该传感器由于大孔径多模光纤(large aperture multimode fiber,MMF)的耦合作用,对温度表现出很高的灵敏性。当外界物理量温度变化时,传感器透射谱发生漂移,通过观察特征峰的漂移与温度变化的关系,得到传感器温度响应特性。实验数据显示,该单模-多模-熊猫-单模光纤干涉仪结构的两个特征峰波长对温度线性响应,且灵敏度为-123.80 pm/℃和-195.20 pm/℃。该传感器温度实验的重复性和稳定性效果均很好,能实现对温度的有效测量。