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Femtosecond Laser Fabricated Multimode Fiber Sensors Interrogated by Optical-Carrier-Based Microwave Interferometry Technique for Distributed Strain Sensing
Proceedings of SPIE, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering III
  • Liwei Hua
  • Yang Song
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Baokai Cheng
  • Wenge Zhu
  • Hai Xiao, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

A multimode fiber (MMF) based cascaded intrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometers (IFPIs) system is presented and the distributed strain sensing has been experimentally demonstrated by using such system. The proposed 13 cascaded IFPIs have been formed by 14 cascaded reflectors that have been fabricated on a grade index MMF. Each reflector has been made by drawing a line on the center of the cross-section of the MMF through a femtosecond laser. The distance between any two adjacent reflectors is around 100 cm. The optical carrier based microwave interferometry (OCMI) technique has been used to interrogate the MMF based cascaded FPIs system by reading the optical interference information in the microwave domain. The location along with the shift of the interference fringe pattern for each FPI can be resolved though signal processing based on the microwave domain information. The multimode interference showed very little influence to the microwave domain signals. By using such system the strain of 10-4 for each FPI sensor and the spatial resolution of less than 5 cm for the system can be easily achieved.

Meeting Name
SPIE OPTO (2016: Feb. 17-18, San Francisco, CA)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Fabry-Perot interferometers,
  • Fiber optic sensors,
  • Fibers,
  • Interferometry,
  • Microwaves,
  • Multimode fibers,
  • Optical instruments,
  • Reflection,
  • Signal interference,
  • Signal processing,
  • Ultrashort pulses,
  • Distributed sensing,
  • Femtosecond laser machining,
  • Fiber Sensor,
  • Interference fringe pattern,
  • Intrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometers,
  • Microwave interferometries,
  • Microwave Photonics,
  • Multi-mode fibers (MMF),
  • Microwave sensors
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1628419894
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2016 SPIE, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
3-1-2016
Publication Date
01 Mar 2016
Citation Information
Liwei Hua, Yang Song, Jie Huang, Baokai Cheng, et al.. "Femtosecond Laser Fabricated Multimode Fiber Sensors Interrogated by Optical-Carrier-Based Microwave Interferometry Technique for Distributed Strain Sensing" Proceedings of SPIE, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering III Vol. 9754 (2016) ISSN: 0277-786X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/37/