Fiber up-taper assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer for high sensitive temperature sensing

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• 作者：Lili Mao ; Qizhen Sun ; Ping Lu ; Zefeng Lao ; Deming Liu
• 关键词：fiber sensor ; Mach ; Zehnder interferometer (MZI) ; multimode fiber (MMF) ; up ; taper
• 刊名：Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：8
• 期：4
• 页码：431-438
• 全文大小：1,201 KB
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• 作者单位：Lili Mao (1) (2)
  Qizhen Sun (1) (2)
  Ping Lu (1) (2)
  Zefeng Lao (3)
  Deming Liu (1) (2)
  
  1. National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
  2. College of Optical and electronic information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
  3. College of Electrical and electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
  
• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Electronic and Computer Engineering
  Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers
  Biomedical Engineering
  Chinese Library of Science
  
• 出版者：Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer-Verlag GmbH
• ISSN：2095-2767

文摘

A new in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) sensor consisting of a stub of multi-mode fiber and an up-taper was proposed and demonstrated. Temperature measurement can be carried out by detecting wavelength shift. Dependency of sensitivity on interferometer length and dip wavelength was discussed. Experimental results showed a maximum temperature sensitivity of 113.6 pm/°C can be achieved, which is superior to most fiber temperature sensors based on in-line MZIs within the range from 20°C to 80°C, also a good mechanical strength can be obtained. The proposed sensor is a good candidate for temperature measurement, due to the advantages of simple structure, easy fabrication, cost-effective and high sensitivity. Keywords fiber sensor Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) multimode fiber (MMF) up-taper