A vibration optic fiber sensing system with tunable sensitivity based on Sagnac interference is proposed and demonstrated. In virtue of the linear Sagnac interference structure, vibration sensitivity adjustment could be realized by changing the delay fiber length. The phase modulation depth on sensing fiber induced by intrusion disturbance is heavily influenced by the delay fiber length, which reflected in the intensity detected by the AC photo-detector, thus enabling the vibration sensitivity adjustment in optical sensing system. The relationship between the amplitude of intrusion disturbance and delay fiber length shows a sinusoidal function in absolute value.
A novel interrogation method with multi-switches channels for time-division multiplexing Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)
sensor system is introduced. An electric switches array controlled by a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) is
used in this scheme to monitoring simultaneously each sensor of the FBG array according to the different transmition
times of each sensor grating. In this paper, More than 10 FBG sensors are interrogated and demodulated simultaneously
base on unbalanced Michelson interferometer. The sensing sensitivity of this system is 1.658 Deg per micro-strain,
experimentally. The interrogation frequency of the system could reach 1 KHz.
In this paper the properties of phase conjugation of KNSBN:C crystal are studied. XOR and ANDlogic operation are
accomplished with the erasable property of SPPC and the reversible property of ISPPC. The all-optical half-adder is
realized by integrating them. For the first time to our knowledge they combined with the mutual reading property of
MPPC to realize the all-optical full-adder.
Multi-channel output of time division multiplexed fiber Bragg grating sensing network was realized using a cascaded electrical switches array. The emission of a broadband light source modulated by an electro-optic modulator was injected into a four-element fiber Bragg grating sensor array spaced 10m apart. The clock-signal, which is the same as the modulating signal from the electro-optic modulator, was exploited to control the secondary cascaded switches. The signal outgoing from switches was allocated by the pulses and reflected by the sensor elements into a cascade electrical switches array. The sensor signal was then transmitted to the corresponding parallel linking switch that was controlled by the time-delay signal generator on the basis of the time delay of the sensor signal, arriving at the cascaded electrical switches array. By using demodulation with the unbalanced Michelson interferometer, which converted the wavelength shift to phase changes, the measurand was attained by the phase meter. Performance of the proposed system with a sensing sensitivity at the wavelength of 1560 nm found to be 1.654 Deg per micro-strain, which has good agreement with theoretical estimation of 1.673 Deg per micro-strain.
Fiber Bragg grating is simple, intrinsic sensing elements which can be photo-inscribed into a silica fiber. It has many advantages and be useful for a variety of application. In this paper, we reported the experimental results of measuring the three-dimensional thermal expansion coefficients of Beryllium by using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors within a large temperature range between -50°C and +150°C. Three FBG sensors were bonded on the surface of the material in the directions of x, y, z to measure the three-dimensional thermal expansion coefficients and a reference FBG sensor was used to compensate the temperature variation. The experimental results show that it can be used in harsh environment.
In recent years, Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors become a focus in civil structure health monitoring because they have many advantages and show superior potential for health monitoring to ensure their structural integrity, durability and reliability. In this paper, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are used to monitoring the strain of steel structure. A designed novel titanium alloy slice is introduced to package the used FBG. A shallow rectangular groove is notched on the titanium alloy slice. Coated with a thin layer of epoxy, the FBG is fixed and protected on the groove. In order to eliminate to the temperature vibration effect on the wavelength shift of FBG sensors, a FBG temperature sensor is used for compensation. The traditional resistance strain gauges are also used to measure the strain for the comparison with the FBG sensors to validate the effectiveness. The strain of the flat steel at the elastic and yield stage of the steel are measured by monitoring the shift of center wavelength of FBG sensors and the change of the resistance strain gauges. The experimental results show that FBG sensors packaged by titanium alloy slice possess good stain sensing property and the strain sensitivity coefficients are 1.25pm/με. The shifts of center wavelengths of FBG are in good linear relationship with the tensile force and the strain measured by the resistance strain gauge. The linear correlation coefficients both reach 0.999.
In this paper, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are used to monitoring the strain of steel and concrete structure. A designed novel steel slice is introduced to package the used FBG. A shallow rectangular groove is notched on the steel slice. Coated with a thin layer of epoxy, the FBG is fixed and protected on the groove. In order to eliminate to the temperature vibration effect on the wavelength shift of FBG sensors, a FBG temperature sensor is used for temperature compensation. The conventional electrical resistance strain gauges (ERS) are also used to measure the strain for the comparison with the FBG sensors to validate the effectiveness. The experimental shows that the novel FBG stain sensor designed by us can measure the stain of the steel and concrete structure effectively and the results from FBG strain sensor agree well with the results from the resistance strain gauge. The novel FBG strain sensor is simple, smart and fit to use in civil structure health monitoring.
An active interrogation technique for a 16-cascaded wavelength-division multiplexing fiber Bragg grating sensor system is proposed. The system has been demonstrated using a combination of a feedback control technique, which makes the transmission of an employed tunable F-P filter track the Bragg wavelength of the interrogated sensor automatically, and a technique for choosing the output wavelength of a ring- compounded-cavity fiber laser by tuning the applied voltage of the filter. Demodulated by using an unbalanced scanning Michelson interferometer, a sensitivity of 1.682 Deg/(mu) (epsilon) has been achieved.
A theoretical explanation about the phenomenon of self- pumped phase-conjugation (SPPC) being erased is given. Controlling incident and erasure beams of SPPC, all-optical XOR and NXOR logic operations are performed experimentally.
Self-pumped phase conjugate wave has been observed in KNSBN:Co crystal at different argon-ion laser wavelengths. For 514.5 nm of the wavelengths, phase conjugate reflectivity as high as 73.0% is measured. The incident angle and incident position dependence of phase conjugate reflectivity is presented. The formation time is observed to be dependent on the incident intensity. The loss of the crystal is regarded connected with threshold intensity of producing self-pumped phase conjugation.
Experimental results of a self-pumped phase conjugate mirrior with external ring cavity in Cu :SBN
crystal are presented. The phase conjugate reflectivity of the device can reach 50%. A light wave with aberration caused by a distorter is corrected by the device.
Theoretical and experimental results are presented for degenerate four-wave mixing In photorefractive
KNSBN crystals. The angular dependence of transient- state and steady -state phase- conjugate reflectivities
R in undoped and Pr -doped KNSBN have been measured respectively. Applied field dependence of
phase - conjugate reflectivity in undoped KNSBN shows that transient-state R exceeds 260 and steady -
state R can reach 122% at applied field E0 =5 kV/cm. By comparison ,Pr as a new impurity to provide a variety
trapping centers in KNSBN crystals makes the response time about 3 times less. The probe intensity dependence
of the response time and the steady phase- conjugate reflectivity in degenerate four -wave mixing
within Cu-doped SBN is given.
We present a real-time holographic associative memory implemented with photorefractive KNSBN : Co crystal
as memory element and liquid crystal electrooptical switches as reflective thresholding device. The experimental
results show that the system has real-time multiple-image storage and recall function.
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