Interrogation Sensing Scheme Based on a Figure-of-Eight Fiber Loop Mirror

Silva, Ricardo M.; Layeghi, A.; Zibaii, M. I.; Latifi, Hamid; Santos, Jose Luis; Lobo Ribeiro, Antonio B.; Frazao, Orlando

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Lobo Ribeiro, Antonio B.

Frazao, Orlando

Abstract(s)

A fiber optic interrogation sensor scheme based on a “figure-of-eight” configuration created from a single directional 3 × 3 fiber optic coupler is proposed. Two loops are formed in each arm and one of them contains the sensing head and the other is used as reference signal. A theoretical study based on Jones matrix analysis of this fiber loop mirror combination is reported. The optical configuration is tested as an interrogation scheme for a fiber strain sensor where the spectral response arises from the combination of the reference signal modulated by the sensor signal. The strain sensor configuration shows a phase sensitivity of 6.7 ± 4.38 × 10−2 mrad/μstrain by linear regression.