SPATIALLY WEIGHTED, GRATING-BASED, 2-MODE, ELLIPTIC-CORE OPTICAL FIBER VIBRATION SENSORS

被引:9
作者
VENGSARKAR, AM
GREENE, JA
FOGG, BR
MURPHY, KA
机构
[1] Fiber and Electro-Optics Research Center, Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
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10.1364/OL.16.001707
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Photoinduced refractive-index changes in two-mode, elliptical-core optical fibers affect the beat length and the sensor sensitivity. Chirped gratings are written by attaching such fibers to cantilever beams positioned in a strained state. We show that fibers with in-line chirped gratings, with the chirp being shaped in the form of a vibration-mode shape, can be used as spatially weighted fiber sensors for vibration analysis. We demonstrate enhanced detection of the first and second modes of vibration of a cantilever beam using this process; vibration-mode suppression of the order of 10 dB is obtained.
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页码:1707 / 1709
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