Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 55, Issue 2, 020604(2018)

Study of Temperature Characteristics of the Current Sensing Fiber in Fiber Optic Current Sensor Applications

Dongping Zhou1、*, Yi Dong1, and Yong Huang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Comcore Optical Sensing Technologies, Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201210, China
  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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    We analyze states of polarization in the fiber with different pitches and the influence of the environmental temperature on the fiber from the high-birefringence pitch and the structure of the sensing fiber. We compare the temperature characteristics of PANDA fiber, elliptical core fiber, and polarization-maintaining (PM) microstructure fiber, and make the conclusion that for a given fiber optic current sensor (FOCS), when the pitch of the sensing fiber LT is twice as long as the beat length Lp of the fiber in non-helical state, the temperature characteristic is the worst; when LT decreases, polarization-maintaining ability and anti-physical-interference ability weaken; when LT≈Lp, the sensing fiber has good temperature characteristics and strong anti-physical-interference ability. The sensing fibers with different structures have different ratio errors. Without compensation at the temperature of -40-+70 ℃, the sensing fiber based on PM microstructure fiber has a minimum value of ratio error ±0.32%.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jun. 21, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 10, 2018

    The Author Email: Zhou Dongping (zhoudongping@gmail.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP55.020604

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