• DocumentCode
    744067
  • Title

    Temperature-Independent Force Sensor Based on PSLPFG Induced by Electric-Arc Discharge

  • Author

    Xiaolan Li ; Weigang Zhang ; Lei Chen ; Tieyi Yan

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Sci., Tianjin Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1946
  • Lastpage
    1948
  • Abstract
    A novel approach to create a phase shift in a long period fiber grating (LPFG) by using the electric-arc discharge technique is first proposed and demonstrated. We observe that an equivalent phase shift is created at the middle of the LPFG by slight tapering the grating by discharge arc. By measuring the wavelength separation of the two resonance peaks, we obtain a force sensor without any temperature crosstalk.
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; force sensors; PSLPFG; electric-arc discharge; long period fiber grating; phase shift; temperature-independent force sensor; wavelength separation; Discharges (electric); Fiber gratings; Force; Gratings; Optical fiber sensors; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Tapered; electric arc discharge; force sensor; phase shift long period fiber grating; tapered; temperature-independent;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2015.2444799
  • Filename
    7126973