FAN Lin-yong, JIANG Wei-wei, ZHAO Rui-feng, PEI Li, JIAN Shui-sheng. Temperature characteristic of in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer using twin-core fiber[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2010,19(1): 1-9
FAN Lin-yong, JIANG Wei-wei, ZHAO Rui-feng, PEI Li, JIAN Shui-sheng. Temperature characteristic of in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer using twin-core fiber[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2010,19(1): 1-9 DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20111901.0001.
Temperature characteristic of in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer using twin-core fiber
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer using a Twin-core Fiber(TCF) was researched for temperature sensing and a comb-filter based on the in-fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) was fabricated by splicing a section of single mode TCF between two single mode fibers (SMFs). The Free Spectral Range(FSR) of the transmission spectrum for the device versa the wavelength
the length of TCF and the effective index difference between the two cores were analyzed and the temperature characteristic of the device was experimentally tested.The tested results indicate that the transmission spectrum of the device has a red shift and a quadratic curve with the temperature increasing. Under the same temperature difference
the wavelength shifts are different at different wavelengths and the wavelength shift at short wavelength is smaller than that at longer wavelength. The sensitivity of the device is different at different wavelengths
and it is proportional to the temperature at a fixed wavelength. Furthermore
the insertion loss of the device is decreased effectively by tapering the splicing regions between SMFs and TCF.Finally a device with insertion loss about 7 dB was implemented. This device is relatively small
simple
compatible and suitable for fiber optic temperature sensors.
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