Optical loading sensor based on ring-cavity fiber laser incorporating a 45°-tilted fiber polarizing grating

Zhongyuan Sun*, Chengbo Mou, Zhijun Yan, Kaiming Zhou, Xiangchuan Wang, Jianfeng Li, Lin Zhang

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Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated an active loading sensor system based on a fiber ring laser with singlepolarization output using an intra-cavity 45°-tilted fiber grating. When the laser cavity fiber is subjected to loading, the laser output is encoded with the loading information that can be measured and monitored by a standard power meter. The achieved loading sensitivity is 0.033/kg • m-1 and 0.042/kg • m-1 for two different interaction lengths. The experimental results clearly show that such a single-polarization fiber laser may be commercially developed into a low-cost, high-sensitivity loading sensor system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4267-4272
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Optics
Volume54
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2015

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