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High-temperature sensor based on suspended-core microstructured optical fiber

  • Huaiyin Su
  • , Yundong Zhang*
  • , Kai Ma
  • , Yongpeng Zhao
  • , Jinfang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Shanghai Aerospace Control Technology Institute

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Abstract

We propose a high-temperature sensor based on a suspended-core microstructured optical fiber (SCMF). The sensor is constructed by fusion splicing a piece of SCMF between two sections of multimode fibers (MMFs) which act as light beam couplers. The multimode interference is formed by the air cladding modes and the silica core modes in the SCMF. Fast Fourier transform is adapted to filtering the raw transmission spectra of the MMF-SCMF-MMF structure. The wavelength shift of the dominant spatial frequency is monitored as the temperature varies from 50 °C to 800 °C. The sensitivities of 31.6 pm/°C and 51.6 pm/°C in the temperature range of 50 °C-450 °C and 450 °C-800 °C are respectively achieved. Taking advantage of the compact size, good stability and repeatability, easy fabrication, and low cost, this proposed high-temperature sensor has an applicable value.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20156-20164
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume27
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

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