• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 11, 2488 (2024)
Kaiwei Li1,6,†,*, Yongguang Xiao2,3,†, Fu Liu4,†..., Zhiyong Yang2, Xiangyu Yan1,2, Zhaohui Li3, Tuan Guo2,7,*, Gaozhi George Xiao5 and Jacques Albert4|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • 3School of Electrical and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4Department of Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
  • 5National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
  • 6e-mail: kaiwei_li@jlu.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: tuanguo@jnu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.532628 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Kaiwei Li, Yongguang Xiao, Fu Liu, Zhiyong Yang, Xiangyu Yan, Zhaohui Li, Tuan Guo, Gaozhi George Xiao, Jacques Albert, "Superfine multiresonant fiber grating sensors assisted with silica capillaries," Photonics Res. 12, 2488 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and demonstrate a superfine multiresonant fiber grating sensor characterized by superior spectral resolution and enhanced sensing capabilities. This sensor can be easily constructed by inserting a tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) probe into a silica capillary filled with a refractive index (RI) matching oil. As the fiber cladding, the RI-matching oil, and the capillary all have the same RI, the cladding modes excited by the TFBG can extend into the RI-matching oil and capillary, facilitating surface sensing outside the capillary. Our study shows that the number of cladding modes increases, and the resonance spectrum becomes denser as the outer diameter of the capillary gets larger. As a result, the detection accuracy of RI based on mode cutoff wavelength identification can be improved. Particularly, with a capillary diameter of 1 mm, the heightened spectral density enhances refractometric accuracy by nearly an order of magnitude compared to the intrinsic TFBG. The superfine multiresonant fiber grating sensor proposed here is flexible in configuration and easy to fabricate, providing a new strategy for developing new fiber sensing devices.
    λcl=[neffco(λcl)+neffcl(λcl)]Λ,

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    λcutoff=[neffco(λcl)+nsr(λcl)]Λ.

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    Kaiwei Li, Yongguang Xiao, Fu Liu, Zhiyong Yang, Xiangyu Yan, Zhaohui Li, Tuan Guo, Gaozhi George Xiao, Jacques Albert, "Superfine multiresonant fiber grating sensors assisted with silica capillaries," Photonics Res. 12, 2488 (2024)
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