光纤微腔法布里-珀罗干涉传感器研究进展

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2020.02.003

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 光纤微腔传感器因本质安全、体积小、成本低、抗电磁干扰等优点，在光纤传感领域中获得了广泛关注.针对光纤微腔法布里-珀罗干涉传感器可测参量多并可实现多参量同时测量的特点，重点介绍了光纤微腔法布里-珀罗干涉传感器技术的研究进展，包括对温度、压力、液体折射率、氢气质量分数、有机挥发物质量分数等参量的测量，详细介绍了传感器的制作方法、传感原理和实验结果.

关键词: 光纤传感器, 光纤微腔, 法布里-珀罗干涉, 多参量测量

Abstract: Fiber microcavity sensors have gained widespread attention in the feld of optical fber sensing due to their inherent safety, small size, low cost, and resistance to electromagnetic interference. Fiber microcavity Fabry-Perot interference sensors features with multiple measurable parameters and the capability of simultaneous measurement of multiple parameters. This article reviews the research progress of the fber microcavity Fabry-Perot interference sensors in various sensing scenarios, such as temperature, pressure, liquid refractive index, hydrogen concentration, organic volatiles concentration and so on, and introduces the manufacturing method, sensing principle and experimental results of the sensors in detail.

Key words: optical fber sensor, optical fber microcavity, Fabry-Perot interferometer, multi-parameter measurement

中图分类号:

P751.1

赵春柳, 李嘉丽, 徐贲, 龚华平, 王东宁. 光纤微腔法布里-珀罗干涉传感器研究进展[J]. 应用科学学报, 2020, 38(2): 226-259.

ZHAO Chunliu, LI Jiali, XU Ben, GONG Huaping, WANG Dongning. Research Progress of Fiber Micro Cavity Fabry-Perot Interference Sensors[J]. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2020, 38(2): 226-259.

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