We present and demonstrate a novel fiber Michelson interferometer based on cascaded twin core fiber (TCF) and side-hole fiber (SHF) for curvature measurement. The interferometer is fabricated by fusing the TCF and SHF. The interferometer can measure curvature and temperature by monitoring the wavelength change of interferometer spectrum. The experiment investigated sensor’s spectral responses to the curvature at different bending directions. Experimental results show that the bending sensitivities of the sensor are -6.968 nm/m-1 and 6.978 nm/m-1 at the bending direction of 0° and 180°, respectively. The temperature sensitivity of the interferometer is 10.37pm/°C.
We demonstrate a novel distributed optical fiber sensor system based on phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (Φ-OTDR). Both the phase and the amplitude of the Rayleigh scattering (RS) light can be demodulated based on I/Q demodulation and heterodyne detection using commercial available 100G integrated coherent receiver (ICR). The polarization fading problem in Φ -OTDR can be avoided by considering the RS signal from both polarizations. The dynamic strain sensing with a sensing range of 9.8 km and a spatial resolution of 15 m is experimentally demonstrated.
A simultaneous temperature and bend sensor based on an eccentric core fiber Bragg grating (ECFBG) cascaded with a Fabry-Perot cavity is presented and demonstrated. The hybrid structure is composed of a piece of hollow core fiber, which is sandwiched in between a piece of multimode fiber and an ECFBG. The curvature sensitivities of the ECFBG at the two opposite most sensitive directions are 52.2 pm/m-1 and -51.7 pm/m-1 respectively, and those of the FPI are 58.6pm/m-1 and -61.4 pm/m-1, respectively. The temperature sensitivities of the two parts are very different. The temperature sensitivity of the ECFBG is 10.3 pm/°c, and that of the FPI is as low as 0.7 pm/°c.
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