.Influence of coupling agent’s self-assembly upon performance of polymer coated FBG pressure sensors[J].Optoelectronics Letters,2006,2(5):329-333 |
Influence of coupling agent’s self-assembly upon performance of polymer coated FBG pressure sensors |
ZHOU Hong QIAO Xue-guang SHAO-Jun WANG Hong-liang FENG De-quan |
Optical Fiber Sensing Laboratory, Xi'an Petroleum University, Xi'an 710065, Shanxi Province, China |
Abstract: |
Based on super-molecule self-assembly and entropy-driven self-assembly mechanisms, the coupling agent was evolved into colloid
spheres with average diameter of 2-2. 3 μm on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with silicon substrate, and the coupling mechanism
among polymer, coupling agent and FBG was analyzed. The polymer coated FBG pressure sensors was capsulated by uniform coupling
mode and self-assembly coupling mode of the coupling agent respectively, and their performance parameters were tested. It
was shown, adopting the self-assembly coating of coupling agent and with the same other capsulated technologies, that the
measuring range of the sensor expanded from 0.6 MPa to 1.6 MPa, the repeated times for coupling failure increased from 54
to 125 times and the pressure sensitivity coefficient enhanced from 1.09 to 2.98. By controlling the diameter of the spheres
and the line density, the measuring range and the sensitivity of the FBG pressure sensors can be obviously improved.
This work was supported by the National “863” Project of China (No. 2002AA313150). |
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