Affiliation:
1. University of Mons
2. Shanghai University
3. Guilin University of Electronic Technology
4. Yangtze Optical Electronics Co., Ltd., East Lake Hi-Tech Development Zone
Abstract
In this Letter, we propose an in-line tilted fiber Bragg grating sensor for temperature and strain measurements. The grating is inscribed in a specialty optical fiber using tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses and the line-by-line direct writing method. Beside the central core in which the grating is produced, a hollow channel filled with glycerol aqueous solution significantly improves the sensitivity of the fiber cladding modes due to its high thermo-optic coefficient. We show that the temperature sensitivity of the core mode is 9.8 pm/°C, while the one of the cladding modes is strongly altered and can reach −24.3 pm/°C, in the investigated range of 20–40°C. For the strain measurement, sensitivities of the core mode and the cladding modes are similar (∼0.60 pm/με) between 0 and 2400 με. The significative difference of temperature sensitivity between the two modes facilitates the discrimination of the dual parameters in simultaneous measurements.
Funder
Science and Technology Department of Guangdong Province
Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
The Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique