Title :
A fiber volume strain sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author :
Zhilin Xu ; Qizhen Sun ; Jianghai Wo ; Ruibing Liang ; Deming Liu
Author_Institution :
Nat. Eng. Lab. for Next Generation Internet Access Syst., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
A fiber volume strain sensor based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in this paper. The sensor is fabricated by wrapping a section of fiber in the sensing arm of the MZI on a polyethylene hollow column and interrogated through measuring the FSR-1 of the MZI simply. A resolution of 3.29×10 ε is achieved when the 40mm diameter of sensing hollow column is 40mm.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; strain measurement; strain sensors; volume measurement; MZI; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; fiber volume strain sensor; fiber wrapping section; polyethylene hollow column; size 40 mm; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber theory; Sensitivity; Strain;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1766-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-0395
DOI :
10.1109/ICSENS.2012.6411459
