Yan WANG, Jia-ping LIU, Ji-hong LIU, et al. Transverse load sensor based on optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer with high sensitivity and temperature self-compensation[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2017, 25(6): 1433-1440.
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Yan WANG, Jia-ping LIU, Ji-hong LIU, et al. Transverse load sensor based on optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer with high sensitivity and temperature self-compensation[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2017, 25(6): 1433-1440. DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20172506.1433.
Transverse load sensor based on optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer with high sensitivity and temperature self-compensation
In order to improve the sensitivity of optical fiber EFPI sensors
a novel EFPI sensor structure was proposed
and its characteristics of temperature and transverse load were studied. Firstly
the structure and fabrication of the optical fiber EFPI sensor with its edge coated with palladium-gold were introduced. Then
the temperature sensing model of fiber optic EFPI coated with palladium-gold was established
and the relationship between change of cavity length and pressure was obtained in theoretical simulation of the sensor under different pressures by Solidworks
Hypermesh and finite element analysis software ANSYS. Finally
the comparison of temperature and transverse load characteristics between the traditional optical fiber EFPI and the palladium-gold coated optical fiber EFPI was implemented. Experimental results show that the temperature sensitivity of the palladium-gold coated optical fiber EFPI is 6.083 pm/℃ due to its characteristic of temperature self-compensation. Moreover
the detection sensitivity of transverse load can reach 40.83 m/g
which has been improved by 2.10 times compared with the one of the traditional optical fiber EFPI. The experimental results coincide with the theoretical analysis
providing theoretical and experimental evidences for the production of optical fiber EFPI with high sensitivity and temperature self-compensation practically.
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