High-resolution strain fiber laser-sensor based on core-offset mach-zehnder interferometer

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents an axial strain laser sensing setup based on a core-offset Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). The core-offset MZI was implemented by fusion splicing of three segments of single mode fiber and was used as wavelength selective filter and sensing head. The experimental results show that in the strain range from 0 to 333.333 με, the laser wavelength emission shifts linearly from 1554 to 1557 nm, achieving a strain sensitivity of 5.2332 pm µε−1 and an R 2 value of 0. 9988. The laser emission has a linewidth of 20 pm and a single-mode suppression ratio of 45 dB. Furthermore, the fiber laser offers output power stability at room temperature, compactness, and robustness.