Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 1, 69(2015)

Simultaneous measurement of temperature and refractive index based on a core-offset Mach-Zehnder interferometer cascaded with a long-period fiber grating

Ye CAO, Hui-ying LIU*, Zheng-rong TONG, Shuo YUAN, and Shun ZHAO
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  • Key Laboratory of Film Electronics and Communication Devices, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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    An all-fiber sensor based on a cascaded optical fiber device is proposed and demonstrated, and its sensor head is composed of a core-offset Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and a long-period fiber grating (LPFG). In the experiment, two dips shaped by the intermodulation between the interference fringe of MZI and the resonant wavelength of LPFG are monitored. Experimental results show that temperature sensitivities of two dips are 0.060 7 nm/°C and 0.056 3 pm/°C, and the refractive index (RI) sensitivities are –18.025 nm/RIU and –55.06 nm/RIU, respectively. The simultaneous measurement of the temperature and external RI is demonstrated based on the sensitive matrix. Its low fabrication cost, simple configuration and high sensitivity make this sensor have potential applications in chemical and biological sensing.

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    CAO Ye, LIU Hui-ying, TONG Zheng-rong, YUAN Shuo, ZHAO Shun. Simultaneous measurement of temperature and refractive index based on a core-offset Mach-Zehnder interferometer cascaded with a long-period fiber grating[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2015, 11(1): 69

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jul. 3, 2014

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: Hui-ying LIU (winnerhuiying@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-015-4127-x

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