Author Affiliations
Key Laboratory for Special Fiber and Fiber Sensor of Hebei Province, School of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Refractive index change of graphene fiber with temperature and mode field distribution at different temperatures
Fig. 2. Temperature-loss curves under different beam waist diameters
Fig. 3. Temperature-loss curves under different graphene layers
Fig. 4. Graphene transfer process. (a) Copper foil with graphene on the surface; (b) dissolution of the copper foil; (c) graphene transferred to fiber
Fig. 5. Raman spectra of graphene under different cone lengths. (a) L=0 mm; (b) L=5 mm; (c) L=8 mm; (d) L=10 mm
Fig. 6. SEM image after transferring graphene
Fig. 7. Temperature sensing experiment system
Fig. 8. Spectra of TMMFs with different beam waist diameters without graphene modification as temperature increases. (a) d=9.95 μm; (b) d=12.87 μm; (c) d=16.20 μm; (d) d=125 μm
Fig. 9. SG-TMMF spectra with increasing temperature. (a) d=9.95 μm; (b) d=12.87 μm; (c) d=16.20 μm
Fig. 10. Temperature sensing experiment results of 12.87 μm experiment group
Fig. 11. Transmission loss of SG-TMMFs with different graphene lengths versus temperature. (a) l=2 mm; (b) l=4 mm; (c) l=5 mm; (d) l=8 mm
Fig. 12. Relationship curve between wavelength drift and temperature change
Serialnumber | TaperlengthL /mm | Beam waistdiameterD /μm | Sensitivity /(dB·℃-1) |
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1 | 18.0 | 9.95 | 0.0555 | 2 | 17.5 | 12.87 | 0.0248 | 3 | 17.0 | 16.20 | 0.0373 | 4 | 0 | 125.00 | 0.0059 |
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Table 1. Temperature sensing sensitivity of TMMF sensor without graphene modification
Serialnumber | TaperlengthL /mm | Beam waistdiameterd /μm | Sensitivity /(dB·℃-1) |
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1 | 18.0 | 9.95 | 0.1589 | 2 | 17.5 | 12.87 | 0.1248 | 3 | 17.0 | 16.20 | 0.1109 |
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Table 2. Temperature sensing sensitivity of each SG-TMMF sensor
Serialnumber | Taper lengthL /mm | Graphene lengthl /mm |
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1 | 18.01 | 2 | 2 | 18.03 | 4 | 3 | 18.02 | 5 | 4 | 18.01 | 8 |
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Table 3. SG-TMMF structural parameters of each group
Serial number | Taper lengthL /mm | Graphene lengthl /mm | Loss sensitivity /(nm·℃-1) | Linearity | Wavelength sensitivity /(nm·℃-1) |
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1 | 18.01 | 2 | 0.1218 | 0.993 | 0.0039 | 2 | 18.03 | 4 | 0.1244 | 0.988 | 0.0046 | 3 | 18.02 | 5 | 0.1277 | 0.946 | 0.0076 | 4 | 18.01 | 8 | 0.1261 | 0.991 | 0.0135 |
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Table 4. Sensor sensitivity at different graphene lengths