Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 260-278.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2020.02.004

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Research on Temperature Sensors Based on Microstructured Fiber

GENG Youfu1,2,3, LI Xuejin1,2,3,4   

  1. 1. College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong Province, China;
    2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Sensor Technology, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong Province, China;
    3. Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory of Sensor Networks, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong Province, China;
    4. School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2019-12-08 Online:2020-03-31 Published:2020-04-01

Abstract: A variety of microstructured fber temperature sensors, including intermodalinterference types of Mach-Zehnder, Michelson and F-P interferometers and fluorescence type based on demodulation method, have been studied comprehensively and profoundly.The corresponding theories, sensor systems and functional devices are constructed. Among these works, a novel multi-parameter fluorescence fber temperature sensor with a new signal processing method based on the strong correlation between excitation light and fluorescence was proposed. And based on a small segment of liquid-flled microstructured fber, an all-fber Mach-Zehnder temperature fber sensor with ultrahigh sensitivity of -1.83 nm/℃ was developed. In addition, a Michelson-type high temperature fber sensor with a tiny probe size of only 1.03 mm was achieved by utilizing a high-order mode in all-solid photonic bandgap fber. Moreover, a grape-type microstructured fber F-P interferometer sensor for high temperature measurement was proposed and demonstrated. The high temperature sensor performs a sensitivity of 17.7 pm/℃ at 1 570 nm and a high measurable temperature of up to 1 000 ℃.

Key words: microstructured fber, temperature sensor, fluorescence, intermodal interference

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