Super-High Sensitivity of Fiber Temperature Sensor Based on Leaky-Mode Bent SMS Structure

Author

Yujuan Zhang ; Xiujie Tian ; Linlin Xue ; Qijin Zhang ; Li Yang ; Bing Zhu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Polymer Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei, China

Volume

25

Issue

6

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Mar-13

Firstpage

560

Lastpage

563

Abstract

A simple temperature sensor based on a bent single mode-multimode-single mode (SMS) fiber structure fixed on a polymer plate frame is proposed and experimentally investigated. The cladding of the multimode fiber in SMS is substituted with an E7 whose refractive index is a little higher than that of the core of the fiber. This construction brings two characteristics for the sensor: one is the leaky mode interference of the multimode fiber and the other is the preset curvature of the bent SMS fiber. When the temperature rises, the curvature of the SMS fiber is altered through the expanding of the polymer plate frame. The shift of central wavelength is observed on the output spectra of the fiber sensor along with temperature changing in the range from 51^°C to 65 ^°C. The proposed fiber sensor offers sensitivity of 6.5 nm/^°C, which is significantly higher than that of a normal straight SMS structure or a grating-based fiber structure.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; infrared spectra; optical fibre cladding; optical polymers; refractive index; temperature sensors; E7; bent SMS fiber; bent single mode-multimode-single mode fiber structure; fiber temperature sensor; leaky mode interference; leaky-mode bent SMS structure; multimode fiber cladding; output spectra; polymer plate frame; preset curvature; refractive index; superhigh sensitivity; temperature 51 degC to 65 degC; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Polymers; Sensitivity; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Curvature; fiber-optic sensor; single mode-multimode-single mode fiber; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2245644

Filename

6466366