scholarly journals Helically twisted long-period fiber gratings of YOFC single-mode fiber with optical fiber welding machine

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunfeng Bai ◽  
Zelong He ◽  
Jiyuan Bai ◽  
Suihu Dang

The single-mode fiber provided by YOFC inc is employed for spiral processing by commercial welding machine. It can clearly see the periods structure under the light, but there is no obvious deformation of the fiber core, cladding and surface morphology under a microscope. There is an obvious resonant peak near 1560 nm, half peak width is about 25 nm, the depth of the resonant peak closed to –26 dB, when the period is about 411 μm. It agrees with theoretical calculation results according to the long-period fiber grating coupled-mode theory. The resonance wavelength is caused by coupling between the fundamental mode and the LP14 mode. The responsivities of the helically twisted long-period fiber gratings (H-LPFG) for the temperature is measured, the resonance wavelength is linear with temperature, the slope is 86 pm/℃. Because it is easy to inscribe by commercial welding machine, and has a strong resonance peak, it has potential applications as the temperature sensor.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Nespereira ◽  
João M. P. Coelho ◽  
Manuel Abreu ◽  
José Manuel Rebordão

Sensing performances of ultrashort (as low as 2.4 mm) long-period fiber gratings fabricated with CO2 laser radiation using commercial single mode fibers are presented. These lengths are, to our knowledge, the shortest of those found in the literature for this kind of sensors, approaching those typical in fiber Bragg gratings. Sensitivity to temperature and refractive index are demonstrated, with performances within the range expected for a single LPFG written on a single mode fiber without any enhancing technique. Analysis on results is made based on both theoretical and experimental data.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Nespereira ◽  
João M. P. Coelho ◽  
José Manuel Rebordão

The response of ultrashort-length CO2-induced long-period fiber grating (LPFG) sensors to torsion is reported. While engraving using CO2 laser radiation, the fiber is submitted to high tension allowing the obtainment of gratings with shorter lengths, down to 2.4 mm, which is almost one order of magnitude lower than the usual. Also, the fiber is only irradiated in one side, creating an asymmetrical profile leading to highly birefringent gratings. Sensitivity to axial twists is demonstrated, with values up to 0.15 nm/(rad/m) for the resonant wavelength shift and higher than 0.03 dBm/(rad/m) for the variation in the intensity (attenuation). Discrimination between rotation directions, clockwise and counterclockwise, was observed.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunjiang Rao ◽  
Wenhua Wang ◽  
Zinan Wang ◽  
Kin Seng Chiang ◽  
Yuan Gong

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Zhu ◽  
Leilei Shi ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
Wei Huang

A review of long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) with special structures induced by scanning CO2laser pulses in single mode fiber (SMF) is presented in this paper. In the first part, the special structures and fabrication methods of LPFGs are demonstrated in detail. Next, the special LPFG-based sensors are demonstrated, such as refractive index sensor, strain sensor with temperature compensation, and torsion sensor without temperature crosstalking. Finally, several investigation methods including intensity, wavelength shift, and fiber ring laser demodulation are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunita P. Ugale ◽  
Vivekanand Mishra

We have proposed and demonstrated experimentally a novel and simple tunable optical filter based on mechanically induced and cascaded long period optical fiber gratings. In this filter variable FWHM and center wavelength is provided by cascading long period and ultralong period optical fiber gratings with different periods in a novel fiber structure. We report here for the first time to our knowledge the characterization of mechanically induced long period fiber gratings with periods up to several millimeters in novel multimode-single-mode-multimode fiber structure. We have obtained maximum loss peak of around 20 dB.


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