A polarization-maintaining fiber loop mirror based sensor for liquid refractive index absolute measurement

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• 作者：Chuan Zhong^a ; ^{zhongchuan426@163.com}  ; [Author Vitae] ; Changyu Shen^a ; ^{shenchangyu@gmail.com}  ; [Author Vitae] ; Yang You^b  ; [Author Vitae] ; Jinlei Chu^a  ; [Author Vitae] ; Xin Zou^a  ; [Author Vitae] ; Xinyong Dong^a  ; [Author Vitae] ; Yongxing Jin^a  ; [Author Vitae] ; Jianfeng Wang^a  ; [Author Vitae]
• 关键词：Liquid refractive index sensor ; Absolute measurement ; Polarization-maintaining fiber ; Fiber loop mirror
• 刊名：Sensors and Actuators B ; Chemical
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：161_09254005
• 类别：et
• 出版时间：20 June, 2012
• 卷：168
• 期：Complete
• 页码：360-364
• 文件大小：676 K

摘要

A fiber sensor based on polarization-maintaining fiber loop mirror (FLM) for liquid refractive index absolute measurement is described. Two sections of polarization maintaining fibers (PMFs) with different length were inserted into the FLM. One section of PMF was chemical etched for liquid refractive index measurement and the other one for reference. Liquid refractive index absolute measurement can be obtained by detecting the interference wavelength difference corresponding to the two sections of PMFs. High sensitivity of 63.82 卤 0.04 nm/RIU (refractive index unit) and a resolution of 3.14 脳 10^鈭? RIU were obtained for the proposed liquid refractive index sensor.