Author Affiliations
1 School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China2 School of Economics and Management Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China3 Key Laboratory of Vehicle Advanced Manufacturing, Measuring and Control Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Structural diagram of curvature sensor
Fig. 2. Microscope images of cross section. (a) FMF; (b) SCF
Fig. 3. Structural diagrams and microscope images of different sensing heads.(a) Straight type;(b) same direction mismatch type;(c) different direction mismatch type; (d) microscope image of straight type; (e) microscope image of mismatch type
Fig. 4. Test results of sensor A. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) frequency spectrum
Fig. 5. Test results of sensor B. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) frequency spectrum
Fig. 6. Test results of sensor C. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) frequency spectrum
Fig. 7. Schematic of experimental setup
Fig. 8. Experimental results of sensor A. (a) Spectrum versus curvature; (b) data fitting results
Fig. 9. Experimental results of sensor B. (a) Spectrum versus curvature; (b) data fitting results
Fig. 10. Experimental results of sensor C. (a) Spectrum versus curvature; (b) data fitting results
Sensortype | Wavelength sensitivity /(nm·m-1) | Intensity sensitivity /(dB·m-1) |
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Sensor A | 6.33 | 8.57 | Sensor B | 30.83 | 25.65 | Sensor C | 15.96 | 1.96 |
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Table 1. Sensing sensitivity comparison among different splicing methods
Structure | Wavelength sensitivity /(nm·m-1) | Intensity sensitivity /(dB·m-1) |
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Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on PCF[13] | 3.046 | - | Seven-core PCF[14] | 1.232 | - | Polarization-maintaining PCF[15] | 93.950 | - | PCF based on core-offset splicing and fiber taper[16] | 13.620 | - | Proposed method | 30.830 | 25.65 |
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Table 2. Sensor sensitivity comparison for different sensing structures