Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14 (2): 020602, Published Online: Sep. 21, 2018
Temperature-insensitive refractive index sensor based on an optical fiber extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer processed by a femtosecond laser Download: 1319次
Abstract
An optical fiber extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer (EFPI) is designed and fabricated for refractive index (RI) sensing. To test the RI of liquid, the following two different methods are adopted: the wavelength tracking method and the Fourier-transform white-light interferometry (FTWLI). The sensitivities of sensors with cavity lengths of 288.1 and 358.5 μm are 702.312 nm/RIU and 396.362 μm/RIU, respectively, by the two methods. Our work provides a new kind of RI sensor with the advantages of high sensitivity, mechanical robustness, and low cross sensitivity to temperature. Also, we provide a new method to deal with gold film with a femtosecond laser.
Pengfei Liu, Lan Jiang, Sumei Wang, Zhitao Cao, Peng Wang. Temperature-insensitive refractive index sensor based on an optical fiber extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer processed by a femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(2): 020602.