CUI Wei,ZHOU Yanfang,YAN Zhonghua,GUO Junqi,YUE Yiting,CHEN Hao.Simulation and experimental verification of off-axis fiber Bragg grating bending sensor with high refractive index modulation[J].Optoelectronics Letters,2022,(4):200-203
Simulation and experimental verification of off-axis fiber Bragg grating bending sensor with high refractive index modulation
Author NameAffiliation
CUI Wei Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Sensing Technology and Microsystem, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China 
ZHOU Yanfang Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Sensing Technology and Microsystem, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China 
YAN Zhonghua Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Sensing Technology and Microsystem, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China 
GUO Junqi Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Sensing Technology and Microsystem, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China 
YUE Yiting Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Sensing Technology and Microsystem, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China 
CHEN Hao Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Sensing Technology and Microsystem, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China 
Abstract:
      Off-axis FBG simulations were performed in this paper using a finite element method in conjunction with the conformal mapping technique to study the bending sensing characteristics of the off-axis FBG with high index modulation. The refractive index (RI) increase of the grating region is taken into consideration for the mode field simulation. The influences of high RI increase and the offset distance of the grating on the bending sensitivity were analyzed. Off-axis FBGs with different offset distances were fabricated using femtosecond laser with phase mask technique in standard single-mode fiber. The simulation results were verified by the experiment. A bending sensitivity of 0.055 dB/m-1 was achieved with an offset distance of 4 μm. The simulation and experiment results suggest that the grating offset distance has a greater influence on the sensitivity of the off-axis FBG with high RI modulation than that with low RI modulation. The proposed sensor structure and simulation results can provide suggestion for the design and processing of off-axis FBG bending sensors.
Hits: 422
Download times: 8
View Full Text    Download reader