Multi-core to 7 single-core-fibers fan-out device with multi-core fiber pigtail connector is demonstrated to apply various types of multi-core fiber based sensor. Fused taper type fan-out device and SC type multi-core fiber connector are separately fabricated on each process. The fan-out device and the pigtail multi-core fiber are spliced each other by a specialty fiber fusion splicer. Comparatively low average insertion loss of 0.95 dB and sufficiently low reflectivity of less than -60 dB are achieved.
KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Power supplies, High power lasers, Laser development, Solar cells, Light sources, Diodes, Absorption, Silicon
High power laser diode developed for fiber laser pumping is evaluated as a light source for an optical power supply unit. The output power of the newly developed laser diode module exceeds 15 W with 105 μm core fiber. It is estimated that more than 1600 mW power supply can be achieved with the single emitter laser diode module and a polycrystalline silicon cell over 1 km away from the light source. This unit can be used for sensor nodes in the fiber sensor network.
An optical signal with a polarization dependence behaves as a noise signal in a vibration sensing optical fiber. To
remove the noise signal, the optical fiber vibration sensor needs to have a depolarizer. Fusion splicing the polarization
maintaining fiber with a 45 degree angle offset is a common method to produce the depolarizer.
In this paper, we present a method to improve the depolarizer for the vibration sensor through the use of fusion splicing.
We succeeded to reduce the noise with the improved depolarizer that uses a method to observe the fiber end surface of
polarization maintaining fiber for analyzing the polarization plane.
40 Gbps optical encoding/decoding is demonstrated utilizing 8-level phase codes, 8 grating chips and 2.6 mm long
superstructured fiber Bragg grating (SSFBG). Novel refractive index profile is applied to the SSFBG to obtain highlyrecognizable
performance of encoding signal and highly-confidential decoding signal. Time-spreading optical codes are
clearly observed from the encoding signals, and over 13 dB power contrast ratio is confirmed from the decoding signals.
We have developed a polarization-maintaining fiber with wide temperature resistance and low bending loss. Attenuation,
polarization crosstalk, and bending loss at 1550 nm of the fiber are 0.88 dB/km, -24 dB/100m, 1/100 as large as those of
conventional one (bending diameter = 20 mm, 10 turns), respectively. Besides, the polarization crosstalk is less than -24
dB/100m at a temperature in the range of -60 to +300oC. As a result this fiber can be used over a wide range of
temperature.
Polyimide is often used as a coating material for optical fibers used in high temperature environments such as aerospace
or oil and gas sensor applications. Unfortunately, polyimide coating is very difficult to strip by conventional mechanical
stripping methods. The glass fiber is easily damaged if the stripping process is not extremely well controlled. Stripping
the polyimide coating by heating with a flame or arc typically results in a significant reduction in fiber strength. Strength
may be maintained by using hot acid stripping, however the use of the strong hot acid presents safety hazards and also
requires controlled and safe waste disposal. Another issue with polyimide coating is variability of the coating diameter
from various manufacturers or due to different polyimide coating processes. This not only complicates the polyimide
stripping issue, but also presents problems with precise clamping and alignment during splicing, especially when it is
necessary to splice with a short cleave length.
In this paper, we present new polyimide coating stripping technology. The significant feature of this stripping technology
is achievement of good strength while avoiding the use of hot acid or heating. We also developed a new specialty fiber
fusion splicer that enables precise alignment and splicing regardless of the variability of polyimide coating diameter,
even when clamping on the coating.
Multipoint temperature measurement of the superconducting wire was demonstrated to detect quench behavior utilizing a
multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings sensor. The sensor was directly attached on the wire to measure actual wire temperature
during the quenching. Quench propagation was successfully detected by measuring delay time of temperature increase
on each grating.
This paper surveys a variety of special fibers which have been developed for the sensor and component markets, based upon the polarization-maintaining and absorption-reducing design. Various types of polarization-maintaining fibers, rare-earth doped fibers, image-transmitting fibers, and other special fibers will be discussed.
Polarization-maintaining(PM) couplers are essential components in coherent optical
communication and fiber sensor systems. The devices are required to have high performance
and low-cost. Polished type PM couplers with PANDA fibers ,for example,which show low
polarization crosstalk were reported so far [1].
Distributed temperature sensing by Raman backscattering in optical fibers is unique technology which makes full use of the features of the optical fibers. This paper describes practical applications of the sensor: pipe line maintenance, electric cable maintenance, and road maintenance.
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