• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 3, 030603 (2016)
Xu Yan*, Haiwei Fu**, Huidong Li, and Xueguang Qiao
Author Affiliations
  • Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on Photoelectric Oil-Gas Logging and Detecting, School of Science, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.030603 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xu Yan, Haiwei Fu, Huidong Li, Xueguang Qiao. Simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurements by using dual interference in an all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(3): 030603 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic configuration and principle of the proposed sensor. (b) Microscopic image of the bitaper. (c) Microscopic image of the core-offset joint.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic configuration and principle of the proposed sensor. (b) Microscopic image of the bitaper. (c) Microscopic image of the core-offset joint.
    Schematic diagram of the experimental system.
    Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the experimental system.
    (a) Transmission spectrum of the sensor and (b) its spatial frequency spectrum obtained by taking the Fourier transform.
    Fig. 3. (a) Transmission spectrum of the sensor and (b) its spatial frequency spectrum obtained by taking the Fourier transform.
    Measured spectra with (a) RI variations and (b) temperature variations.
    Fig. 4. Measured spectra with (a) RI variations and (b) temperature variations.
    (a) Spatial frequency spectra calculated from Fig. 4(a). (b) Spatial frequency spectra calculated from Fig. 4(b). The insets are the enlarged displays.
    Fig. 5. (a) Spatial frequency spectra calculated from Fig. 4(a). (b) Spatial frequency spectra calculated from Fig. 4(b). The insets are the enlarged displays.
    Wavelength spectra obtained by taking the IFFT of the selected frequency components in Fig. 4(a) as the RI changes: (a) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 1, and (b) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 2.
    Fig. 6. Wavelength spectra obtained by taking the IFFT of the selected frequency components in Fig. 4(a) as the RI changes: (a) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 1, and (b) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 2.
    Wavelength spectra obtained by taking the IFFT of the selected frequency components in Fig. 4(b) as the applied temperature changes: (a) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 1, and (b) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 2.
    Fig. 7. Wavelength spectra obtained by taking the IFFT of the selected frequency components in Fig. 4(b) as the applied temperature changes: (a) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 1, and (b) DMI patterns correspond to core-cladding 2.
    Dependences of the wavelength shift on the RI and temperature for the core-cladding 1 and core-cladding 2 interference patterns.
    Fig. 8. Dependences of the wavelength shift on the RI and temperature for the core-cladding 1 and core-cladding 2 interference patterns.
     Arc duration (t:ms)Arc power (units)Overlap size (L:μm)Offset size (l:μm)
    Bitaper30001001400
    Lateral offset7508503.5
    Table 1. Parameters of the Fabricated Interferometers
    Xu Yan, Haiwei Fu, Huidong Li, Xueguang Qiao. Simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurements by using dual interference in an all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(3): 030603
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