Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 17, 1739020(2025)

Demodulated All-Fiber Curvature Sensor Based on Convolutional Neural Network (Invited)

Haoran Zhuang1,2, Feijie Chen1,2, Xiaojun Zhu1,2、*, and Jicong Zhao1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Semi. Dev. & IC Design, Package and Test, School of Microelectronics and School of Integrated Circuits, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu , China
  • 2School of Information Science and Technology, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu , China
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    Principle of the MTP-MZI sensor
    Light field simulation of the MTP-MZI sensor
    Schematic diagram of MTP-MZI sensor fabrication device
    Schematic diagrams of preparation process for MTP-MZI sensor. (a) Schematic diagram of two optical fibers in the fusion splicer; (b) schematic diagram of the welding region after arc discharge; (c) microscopic image of the MTP-MZI sensor
    Simulation and actual spectra of the sensor. (a) Simulation and actual transmission spectra of the sensor; (b) actual spatial frequency spectrum
    Test device for polarization sensitivity
    GAF image encoding of one-dimensional spectral sampling sequence. (a) Transmission spectrum; (b) downsampling result; (c) polar coordinate mapping; (d) GAF image
    Structure of AlexNet
    Curvature detection sensor experiment setup
    Performances of MTP-MZI sensor under different curvatures. (a) Transmission spectra of sensor under different curvatures; (b) linear fitting between peak intensity and curvature
    Transmission spectra of MTP-MZI sensor under larger curvature variation
    Variation in loss of training set and coefficient of determination of test set with epoch for MTP-MZI sensor
    Comparison of predicted and applied curvatures on the validation set for MTP-MZI sensor
    Schematic diagram of the in-line MZI sensor structure
    Transmission spectra of in-line MZI sensors with different CLF lengths
    Performances of in-line MZI sensor under different curvatures. (a) Transmission spectra of sensor under different curvatures; (b) linear fitting between peak intensity and curvature
    Transmission spectra of in-line MZI sensor under larger curvature range
    Variation in loss of training set and coefficient of determination of test set with epoch for in-line MZI sensor
    Comparison of predicted and applied curvatures on the validation set for in-line MZI sensor
    Prediction performances of different CNN networks on sensor curvature
    Average training time per epoch of different CNN networks
    • Table 1. Demodulation performances of different CNN architectures on sensors

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      Table 1. Demodulation performances of different CNN architectures on sensors

      ModelTraining epochR2 on test setR2 on validation set
      AlexNet990.99830.9950
      GoogleNet990.99970.9996
      ResNet16680.99920.9968
      ResNet50670.99800.9849
    • Table 2. Comparison of sensing characteristics between proposed and previously reported sensors

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      Table 2. Comparison of sensing characteristics between proposed and previously reported sensors

      Sensor structureMaximum curvature sensitivity /(dB·m)Maximum curvature range /m-1Ref.
      SMF-DCF-SMF15.190.98‒1.75332
      SMF-CLF-SCF-SMF-26.55170.527‒1.39533
      SMF-silica tube-SMF-15.333.63‒4.6934
      Spindle array-38.401.20‒1.3235
      Proposed sensor104.130‒1.5672This work
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    Haoran Zhuang, Feijie Chen, Xiaojun Zhu, Jicong Zhao. Demodulated All-Fiber Curvature Sensor Based on Convolutional Neural Network (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(17): 1739020

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    Paper Information

    Category: AI for Optics

    Received: May. 4, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 19, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 8, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiaojun Zhu (zhuxj0122@ntu.edu.cn), Jicong Zhao (jczhao@ntu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP251143

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP251143

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