Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 13, Issue 5, 372(2017)

Optical fiber sensor by cascading long period fiber grating with FBG for double parameters measurement

Wen ZHANG1...2,3, Xiao-ping LOU1,2,3, Ming-li DONG1,2,3, and Lian-qing ZHU1,23,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100016, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Modern Measurement Control Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory for Optoelectronics Measurement Technology, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100192, China*
  • 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Test Technology, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100192, China
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    An optical fiber sensor for strain and temperature measurement based on long period fiber grating (LPFG) cascaded with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) structure has been proposed and realized both theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical analysis shows that two microstructures with similar sensitivities cannot be used for double parameters measurement. The LPFG is micromachined by the CO2 laser, and the FBG is micromachined by the excimer laser. For the validation and comparison, two FBGs and one LPFG are cascaded with three transmission valleys, namely FBG1 valley at 1 536.3 nm, LPFG valley at 1 551.2 nm, and FBG2 valley at 1 577.3 nm. The temperature and strain characteristics of the proposed sensor are measured at 45—70 °C and 250—500 με, respectively. The sensitivity matrix is determined by analyzing wavelength shifts and parameter response characterization of three different dips. The proposed optical fiber sensor based on LPFG cascaded with FBG structure can be efficiently used for double parameters measurement with promising application prospect and great research reference value.

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    ZHANG Wen, LOU Xiao-ping, DONG Ming-li, ZHU Lian-qing. Optical fiber sensor by cascading long period fiber grating with FBG for double parameters measurement[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2017, 13(5): 372

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jul. 30, 2017

    Accepted: Aug. 22, 2017

    Published Online: Sep. 13, 2018

    The Author Email: Lian-qing ZHU (zhulianqing@sina.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-017-7178-3

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