Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 15, Issue 3, 161(2019)
Fiber laser twist sensor with hybrid few-mode tilted Bragg grating and few-mode long period grating
A twist sensor with hybrid few-mode tilted fiber Bragg grating (FM-TFBG) and few-mode long period grating (FM-LPG) in fiber laser cavity is demonstrated. The FM-LPG is utilized to excite LP11 core mode. The FM-TFBG is used for sensing. The transverse modes at 1 553.9 nm and 1 550.5 nm are LP01 and LP21 core modes, respectively, which are coupled from forward-propagating LP11 core mode. These two excitation wavelengths have opposite variation tendencies, which participate in sensing. The twist sensitivity of 0.16 dB/° from -40° to 40° is achieved. The proposed sensor has potentially used for structure monitoring in many areas.
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YANG Kang, LIU Yan-ge, WANG Zhi, LI Guo-yu, HAN Ya, ZHANG Hong-wei, MAO Bai-wei. Fiber laser twist sensor with hybrid few-mode tilted Bragg grating and few-mode long period grating[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2019, 15(3): 161
Received: Dec. 29, 2018
Accepted: Feb. 6, 2019
Published Online: Jan. 7, 2020
The Author Email: Yan-ge LIU (ygliu@nankai.edu.cn)