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- Title
Bragg Grating Assisted Sagnac Interferometer in SiO2-Al2O3-La2O3 Polarization-Maintaining Fiber for Strain–Temperature Discrimination.
- Authors
Wu, Zhifang; Wu, Peili; Kudinova, Maryna; Zhang, Hailiang; Shum, Perry Ping; Shao, Xuguang; Humbert, Georges; Auguste, Jean-Louis; Dinh, Xuan Quyen; Pu, Jixiong
- Abstract
Polarization-maintaining fibers (PMFs) have always received great attention in fiber optic communication systems and components which are sensitive to polarization. Moreover, they are widely applied for high-accuracy detection and sensing devices, such as fiber gyroscope, electric/magnetic sensors, multi-parameter sensors, and so on. Here, we demonstrated the combination of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and Sagnac interference in the same section of a new type of PANDA-structure PMF for the simultaneous measurement of axial strain and temperature. This specialty PMF features two stress-applied parts made of lanthanum-aluminum co-doped silicate (SiO2-Al2O3-La2O3, SAL) glass, which has a higher thermal expansion coefficient than borosilicate glass used commonly in commercial PMFs. Furthermore, the FBG inscribed in this SAL PMF not only aids the device in discriminating strain and temperature, but also calibrates the phase birefringence of the SAL PMF more precisely thanks to the much narrower bandwidth of grating peaks. By analyzing the variation of wavelength interval between two FBG peaks, the underlying mechanism of the phase birefringence responding to temperature and strain is revealed. It explains exactly the sensing behavior of the SAL PMF based Sagnac interference dip. A numerical simulation on the SAL PMF's internal stress and consequent modal effective refractive indices was performed to double confirm the calibration of fiber's phase birefringence.
- Subjects
BRAGG gratings; OPTICAL gratings; GYROSCOPES; FIBER Bragg gratings; SAGNAC effect; INTERFEROMETERS; BOROSILICATES; FIBERS
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2020, Vol 20, Issue 17, p4772
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.3390/s20174772