High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 33, Issue 11, 111010(2021)

All-fiber dual-parameter sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interference

Xiaowei Li... [in Chinese] and Guoying Feng* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Institute of Laser Micro-Nano Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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    This paper proposes an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder Interference (MZI) dual-parameter sensor based on S-shaped-dislocation structure. The sensor is prepared by using fusion splicer through simple discharge and fusion splicing steps, with pieces of single-mode fibers. When the rotator is twisting clockwise, the transmission spectrum of the sensor shifts to the short wavelength direction; when it is twisting counterclockwise, the transmission spectrum shifts to the different direction. The sensor’s torsion experimental results show that the torsion direction can be distinguished, and the torsion sensitivity in the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation directions on the fiber cross-section is -223 pm/(rad·cm-1), 140 pm/(rad·cm-1), respectively. The strain sensitivity within a certain strain range is 0.145×106 dB/ε (where ε is strain), and the temperature cross sensitivity is extremely small and can be ignored. Therefore, this dual-parameter sensor based on the SMF core-cladding MZI interferometer has the advantages of high sensing sensitivity, small size, simple process, low cost, and distinguishable torsion direction. It is expected to become a good candidate instruments in many dual-parameter measurement operations.

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    Xiaowei Li, [in Chinese], Guoying Feng. All-fiber dual-parameter sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interference[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2021, 33(11): 111010

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    Paper Information

    Category: Feature Issue on Novel Laser Technology

    Received: Oct. 10, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 20, 2021

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Feng Guoying (guoing_feng@scu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202133.210498

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