21 August 2019 Compact Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on processed hollow-core fiber for gas pressure sensing
Yue Wu, Shuai Wang, Fanyong Meng, Yanming Song, Lianqing Zhu
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Abstract

A Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on processed hollow-core fiber (HCF) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for gas pressure sensing. The fiber sensor is fabricated by splicing a segment of HCF between the two coreless fibers. One end of the HCF is processed into an open cavity, which allows gas pressure of the air-core to be equivalent to that of the external environment. Gas pressure change induces refractive index change of the air-core, thus the measurement of gas pressure can be achieved by monitoring wavelength shift of the interference pattern. The proposed fiber sensor exhibits a high gas pressure sensitivity of 9.35  nm  /  MPa in the range from 0.1 to 0.04 MPa and a temperature sensitivity of 30  pm  /    °  C in the range from 30°C to 90°C. Furthermore, the fiber sensor processes the advantages of compactness, low cost, and all-fiber configuration, which makes it suitable for gas pressure measurement.

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Yue Wu, Shuai Wang, Fanyong Meng, Yanming Song, and Lianqing Zhu "Compact Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on processed hollow-core fiber for gas pressure sensing," Journal of Nanophotonics 13(3), 036013 (21 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.13.036013
Received: 18 March 2019; Accepted: 29 July 2019; Published: 21 August 2019
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KEYWORDS
Fiber optics sensors

Interferometers

Cladding

Fiber Bragg gratings

Information science

Information technology

Sensors

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