CROSS-SENSITIVITY EFFECT IN TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED SENSORS BASED ON HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT FIBERS

被引:25
作者
BOCK, WJ
URBANCZYK, W
BUCZYNSKI, R
DOMANSKI, AW
机构
[1] Département d'informatique, Université du Quebec à Hull, Gatineau, QC, J8X 3X7
[2] Technical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw
[3] University of Technology, Warsaw
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 25期
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D O I
10.1364/AO.33.006078
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We analyzed the influence of the measurand-temperature cross-sensitivity effect on temperature stability in fiber-optic cross-spliced sensors that employ highly birefringent fibers. We show that the ratio of the measurand-temperature cross-sensitivity coefficient to the measurand first-order sensitivity determines the physical limit for temperature stability in cross-spliced sensors. Employing polarimetric as well as white-light interferometric methods, we experimentally determine a hydrostatic pressure-temperature cross-sensitivity coefficient in York bow-tie 800 fiber. From this we estimate the achievable limit for temperature stability of cross-spliced pressure sensors under environmental temperature changes.
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页码:6078 / 6083
页数:6
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