Power-Referenced Optical Fiber Refractometer Based on a Hybrid Fiber Grating

Author

Li, Tao ; Dong, Xinyong ; Chan, C.C. ; Zhao, Chun-liu ; Jin, Shangzhong

Author_Institution

Inst. of Optoelectron. Technol., China Jiliang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

23

Issue

22

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1706

Lastpage

1708

Abstract

An in-fiber structure for power-referenced refractometry based on a hybrid fiber grating is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The hybrid fiber grating is formed by superimposing a short fiber Bragg grating (FBG) on the rear part of a much longer tilted-FBG (TFBG) so that it can work in the reflection mode. The reflected optical power from the hybrid fiber grating can be changed with the variation of the surrounding refractive index. Experimental results show that maximum sensitivity of 228.24 dB/R.I.U. has been achieved within the refractive index range of 1.33-1.46, and the measurement is nearly insensitive to temperature.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; reflectivity; refractive index measurement; refractometers; fiber structure; fiber superimposition; hybrid fiber Bragg grating; power-referenced optical fiber refractometer; reflected optical power; reflection mode; refractive index measurement; tilted fiber grating; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Optical variables control; Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); power referenced; refractometer; tilted-fiber Bragg gratings (TFBGs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2167607

Filename

6016210