Simultaneous refractive measurements by using index and temperature dual interference in an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer

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摘要 AFourieranalysisappliedtotheMach–Zehnderinterferometer(MZI)transmissionspectrumforsimultaneousrefractiveindex(RI)andtemperaturemeasurementsisproposedandexperimentallydemonstratedinthisLetter.InthefastFouriertransform(FFT)spectrumoftheMZItransmissionspectrum,severalfrequencycomponentsaregenerallyobserved,whichmeansthatthetransmissionspectrumoftheMZIisformedbythesuperpositionofsomedual-modeinterference(DMI)spectra,andeachfrequencycomponentrepresentsdifferentcore-claddinginterferences.WecanselectsomedominantfrequencycomponentsintheFFTspectrumoftheMZItransmissionspectrumtotaketheinverseFFT(IFFT).Then,thecorrespondingDMIpatternscanbeobtained.DuetotheshiftofthewavelengthoftheseDMIspectrawithchangesintheenvironmentalparameters,wecanusethecoefficientmatrixoftheseDMIspectraformulti-parametersensing.InthisLetter,twoDMIpatternsareseparatedfromtheresultanttransmissionspectrumoftheMZI.AstheRIandtemperaturechange,theshiftsofthetwoDMIpatternswithrespecttotheRIandtemperaturewillbeobserved.ThesensitivitiesoftheRIandtemperatureare-137.1806nm∕RIU(RIunit)and0.0860nm∕°C,and-22.9955nm∕RIUand0.0610nm∕°CforthetwoDMIs.Accordingly,itcanbeusedtosimultaneouslymeasureRIandtemperaturechanges.Theapproachcaneliminatetheinfluenceofmultipleinterferencesandimprovetheaccuracyofthesensor.
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出版日期 2016年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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