Multiple parameter vector bending and high-temperature sensors based on asymmetric multimode fiber Bragg gratings inscribed by an infrared femtosecond laser

Zhu Yong, Chun Zhan, Jon Lee, Shizhuo Yin, Paul Ruffin

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Abstract

We present a multiple parameter integrated fiber sensor that can detect vector bending and ambient temperature simultaneously with a single asymmetric multimode fiber Bragg grating. Multimode Bragg gratings were fabricated in an all-silica core fiber by an infrared femtosecond laser, which showed multiple transmission dips in the transmission spectrum. Bending and ambient temperature fluctuations affect the shapes of multiple transmission dips in different ways. In bending, different dips have different sensitivities. On the other hand, temperature fluctuations tended to influence the dips uniformly across different dips. By analyzing the changing spectrum of dips, one can distinguish the changes induced by bending or temperature fluctuations. Furthermore, the high thermal stability of Bragg gratings inscribed by an infrared femtosecond laser can make this double parameter fiber sensor work in very harsh, high-temperature environments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1794-1796
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume31
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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