HCPCF-Based In-Line Fiber Fabry-Perot Refractometer and High Sensitivity Signal Processing Method  

作　　者：Xiaohui LIU Mingshun JIANG Qingmei SUI Xiangyi GENG Furong SONG 

机构地区：[1]School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

出　　处：《Photonic Sensors》2017年第4期336-344,共9页光子传感器（英文版）

基　　金：This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China （Grant Nos. 61174018 and 61505097） and Fundamental research funds of Shandong University, China （Grant No.2014YQ009）.

摘　　要：An in-line fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer （FPI） based on the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber （HCPCF） for refractive index （RI） measurement is proposed in this paper. The FPI is formed by splicing both ends of a short section of the HCPCF to single mode fibers （SMFs） and cleaving the SMF pigtail to a proper length. The RI response of the sensor is analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that the FPI sensor has linear response to external RI and good repeatability. The sensitivity calculated from the maximum fringe contrast is -136 dB/RIU. A new spectrum differential integration （SDI） method for signal processing is also presented in this study. In this method, the RI is obtained from the integrated intensity of the absolute difference between the interference spectrum and its smoothed spectrum. The results show that the sensitivity obtained from the integrated intensity is about -1.34× 10^5 dB/RIU. Compared with the maximum fringe contrast method, the new SDI method can provide the higher sensitivity, better linearity, improved reliability, and accuracy, and it＇s also convenient for automatic and fast signal processing in real-time monitoring of RI.An in-line fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer （FPI） based on the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber （HCPCF） for refractive index （RI） measurement is proposed in this paper. The FPI is formed by splicing both ends of a short section of the HCPCF to single mode fibers （SMFs） and cleaving the SMF pigtail to a proper length. The RI response of the sensor is analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that the FPI sensor has linear response to external RI and good repeatability. The sensitivity calculated from the maximum fringe contrast is -136 dB/RIU. A new spectrum differential integration （SDI） method for signal processing is also presented in this study. In this method, the RI is obtained from the integrated intensity of the absolute difference between the interference spectrum and its smoothed spectrum. The results show that the sensitivity obtained from the integrated intensity is about -1.34× 10^5 dB/RIU. Compared with the maximum fringe contrast method, the new SDI method can provide the higher sensitivity, better linearity, improved reliability, and accuracy, and it＇s also convenient for automatic and fast signal processing in real-time monitoring of RI.

关 键 词：Optical fiber sensor in-line Fabry-Perot interferometer hollow-core photonic crystal fiber REFRACTIVEINDEX spectrum differential integration method 

分 类 号：TP212[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置] TS6[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]