Simultaneous Force and Temperature Measurement Using S Fiber Taper in Fiber Bragg Grating

Author

Jieliang Li ; Weigang Zhang ; Shecheng Gao ; Zhiyong Bai ; Li Wang ; Hu Liang ; Teiyi Yan

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Opt. Inf. Sci. & Technol., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China

Volume

26

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

Feb.1, 2014

Firstpage

309

Lastpage

312

Abstract

An ultracompact optical fiber sensor based on an S fiber taper Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SFT-MZI) embedded in fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for simultaneous force and temperature measurement. Experimental results show distinctive spectral sensitivities of -48.56842 nm/N (~54.97 pm/με) and 14.71 pm/°C by the SFT-MZI, and 1.30588 nm/N and 10.13 pm/°C by the FBG. The SFT-MZI, exhibiting an opposite force response as compared with that of the FBG, is highly sensitive to force. The force and temperature calculated by the sensor matrix agree well with the actual force and temperature in the experiment.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; force measurement; infrared spectra; temperature measurement; FBG; S fiber taper Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SFT-MZI; fiber Bragg grating; force measurement; force response; sensor matrix; spectral sensitivity; temperature measurement; ultracompact optical fiber sensor; Fiber gratings; Force; Force measurement; Strain; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Fiber grating; S fiber taper; force; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2293132

Filename

6678524