Fiber optic resonator sensors based on comb synthesizers

G. Gagliardi

doi:10.1117/12.906226

6 February 2012 Fiber optic resonator sensors based on comb synthesizers

G. Gagliardi

Proceedings Volume 8236, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XIV; 82361E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906226
Event: SPIE LASE, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Over the past several years, fiber-optic resonators have been successfully used as mechanical probes by virtue of their intrinsic sensitivity to length changes. In a recent work, we devised a diode-laser system for strain interrogation of a high-finesse fiber Bragg-grating cavity, achieving a 10^-13 resolution in the infrasonic and acoustic frequency ranges, thanks to the exceptional stability of an optical frequency comb (OFC). A Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) frequency locking technique is implemented for low-noise and wide dynamic range readout of the sensor keeping the interrogating laser always linked to the OFC reference. In this way, the low-frequency strain noisefloor is free from laser noise and possibly limited by thermodynamic phase fluctuations or other thermal effects in the fiber.

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G. Gagliardi "Fiber optic resonator sensors based on comb synthesizers", Proc. SPIE 8236, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XIV, 82361E (6 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906226

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