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A Miniaturized Optical Fiber Tip High-Temperature Sensor based on Concave-Shaped Fabry-Perot Cavity
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Chen Zhu
  • Yiyang Zhuang
  • Bohong Zhang
  • Muhammad Roman
  • Philip P. Wang
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

We present a miniaturized optical fiber tip Fabry-Perot interferometer for high-temperature measurement based on a concave-shaped cavity. The fabrication process of the diaphragm-free Fabry-Perot cavity is quite simple, involving only two steps: fusion splicing and cleaving. By adjusting the arc power during fusion splicing, a concave-shaped structure is obtained, through which the light is coupled/split into the wall of the spliced hollow core fiber. By cleaving the end-face of the hollow-core fiber, a concave-shaped diaphragm-free Fabry-Perot interferometer is formed. The temperature response of the sensor was demonstrated, showing a high-temperature tolerance up to 1000 °C and a sensitivity of 0.01226 nm/°C. The proposed sensor, with all-silica-structure, high compactness, robustness, and ease of fabrication, could find wide applications in high-temperature harsh environments.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Cable jointing,
  • Cavity resonators,
  • Composite structures,
  • Diaphragms,
  • Fiber optic sensors,
  • High temperature applications,
  • Optical fiber fabrication,
  • Optical fibers,
  • Silica,
  • Structure (composition),
  • Temperature measurement,
  • Temperature sensors,
  • Wave interference,
  • Extrinsic Fabry Perot interferometer,
  • Fabrication process,
  • Fiber gratings,
  • High temperature,
  • High temperature measurement,
  • High temperature sensors,
  • Hollow core fiber,
  • Temperature response,
  • Fabry-Perot interferometers,
  • Extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer,
  • High-temperature,
  • Optical fiber sensor
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Publication Date
01 Jan 2019
Citation Information
Chen Zhu, Yiyang Zhuang, Bohong Zhang, Muhammad Roman, et al.. "A Miniaturized Optical Fiber Tip High-Temperature Sensor based on Concave-Shaped Fabry-Perot Cavity" IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Vol. 31 Iss. 1 (2019) p. 35 - 38 ISSN: 1041-1135
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/105/