Experimental Study of Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensor Based on Dual FSIs.

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      To improve the sensitivity measurement of temperature sensors, a fiber optic temperature sensor structure based on the harmonic Vernier effect with two parallel fiber Sagnac interferometers (FSIs) is designed, and theoretical analysis and experimental testing are conducted. The FSI consisting of two polarization maintaining fibers (PMFs) with lengths of 13.62 m and 15.05 m respectively is used to achieve the basic Vernier effect. Then by changing the length of one PMF to approximately i times that of the others, the FSI composed of two PMFs of 7.1 m and 15.05 m is used to achieve the first-order harmonic Vernier effect. Afterward, temperature sensing tests are conducted to observe the wavelength drift during temperature changes and ultimately achieve high sensitivity. The experimental results show that the temperature sensitivity of the sensor based on the first-order harmonic Vernier effect is −28.89 nm/°C, which is 17.09 times that of a single FSI structure (−1.69 nm/°C) and 1.84 times that of the sensitivity generated by the structure based on the basic Vernier effect (−15.69 nm/°C). The experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis. The structure proposed in this paper achieves drift measurement of 0.1 °C variation based on 1 °C drift, making the fiber optic temperature sensor applicable to related fields that require high precision temperature. The proposed temperature sensor has the simple structure, low production cost, high sensitivity, and broad application prospects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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