• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 10, 101202 (2020)
Hai Zhang1, Jianyu Shang1, Xiujuan Liu1, Weimin Sun1, Feiru Wang2, and Yongjun Liu1、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry of Education, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • 2School of Physics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chifeng University, Chifeng 024000, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.101202 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hai Zhang, Jianyu Shang, Xiujuan Liu, Weimin Sun, Feiru Wang, Yongjun Liu. High-sensitivity fiber liquid crystals temperature sensor with tiny size and simple tapered structure[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(10): 101202 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Structure of the optical fiber sensing probe with 250 μm tapered length under the microscope. (b) Optical fiber sensing probe in the polarization state. (c) Experimental setup diagram and optical fiber probe schematic diagram in this experiment. The scale bar is 100 μm.
    Fig. 1. (a) Structure of the optical fiber sensing probe with 250 μm tapered length under the microscope. (b) Optical fiber sensing probe in the polarization state. (c) Experimental setup diagram and optical fiber probe schematic diagram in this experiment. The scale bar is 100 μm.
    Reflection spectra of the fiber probe at different temperatures. The inset shows the expanded spectrum at 36℃, 38℃, and 40℃.
    Fig. 2. Reflection spectra of the fiber probe at different temperatures. The inset shows the expanded spectrum at 36℃, 38℃, and 40℃.
    Reflection spectra during the temperature increasing process and the cooling process, and the reflection spectrum measured repeatedly one week later.
    Fig. 3. Reflection spectra during the temperature increasing process and the cooling process, and the reflection spectrum measured repeatedly one week later.
    (a) Recovery characteristics of the probe. (b) Comparison of temperature sensing characteristics before reaching the clearing point and after restoring anisotropy.
    Fig. 4. (a) Recovery characteristics of the probe. (b) Comparison of temperature sensing characteristics before reaching the clearing point and after restoring anisotropy.
    Temperature sensing characteristics of chiral dopants with different concentrations and different kinds of LCs.
    Fig. 5. Temperature sensing characteristics of chiral dopants with different concentrations and different kinds of LCs.
    Hai Zhang, Jianyu Shang, Xiujuan Liu, Weimin Sun, Feiru Wang, Yongjun Liu. High-sensitivity fiber liquid crystals temperature sensor with tiny size and simple tapered structure[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(10): 101202
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