Fiber-tip bubble-structure microcavity sensor

D. Chen; S. Luo; X. Ma; X. Jiang; G. Feng; J. Yang

doi:10.1117/12.2070465

11 November 2014 Fiber-tip bubble-structure microcavity sensor

D. Chen, S. Luo, X. Ma, X. Jiang, G. Feng, J. Yang

Proceedings Volume 9274, Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications VI; 927414 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070465
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

A Fabry-Perot interferometer sensor based on a fiber-tip bubble-structure micro-cavity is proposed, fabricated, and demonstrated for hydrostatic pressure sensing and transverse load sensing. A segment of a well-cleaved multimode fiber with a core diameter of 62.5μm is processed with chemical etching based on a solution of HF 40% and the bubblestructure micro-cavity is fabricated by using arc discharge at the end of the processed multimode fiber. The sensor can be considered as a two-beam Fabry-Perot interferometer with one beam from the silica-air interface on the left side of the bubble and the other from the air-silica interface on the right side of the bubble. The broadband light is injected into the fiber-tip bubble-structure micro-cavity by splicing the multimode fiber with the bubble-structure micro-cavity to a 3- dB optical coupler and the reflective spectrum of the bubble-structure micro-cavity is measured by an optical spectrum analyzer. Both hydrostatic pressure sensing with a sensitivity of ~0.1 nm/MPa and transverse load sensing with sensitivity of 3.64 nm/N are experimentally demonstrated based the proposed fiber-tip bubble-structure micro-cavity sensor. The proposed sensor is demonstrated with a relative low temperature sensitivity of about 2 pm/°C. Properties of the fiber-tip bubble-structure micro-cavitys with different sizes are investigated. The sensor has the advantages of lowcost, ease of fabrication and compact size, which make it a promising candidate for hydrostatic pressure sensing or transverse load sensing in harsh environments.

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D. Chen, S. Luo, X. Ma, X. Jiang, G. Feng, and J. Yang "Fiber-tip bubble-structure microcavity sensor", Proc. SPIE 9274, Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications VI, 927414 (11 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070465

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