Micromachines (Jan 2024)

A Large-Range and High-Sensitivity Fiber-Optic Fabry–Perot Pressure Sensor Based on a Membrane-Hole-Base Structure

  • Bowen Duan,
  • Zhenyin Hai,
  • Maocheng Guo,
  • Yongqiu Zheng,
  • Jiamin Chen,
  • Jiandong Bai,
  • Zhixuan Su,
  • Rui Liang,
  • Hongtian Zhu,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Chenyang Xue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15020174
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2
p. 174

Abstract

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In the field of in situ measurement of high-temperature pressure, fiber-optic Fabry–Perot pressure sensors have been extensively studied and applied in recent years thanks to their compact size and excellent anti-interference and anti-shock capabilities. However, such sensors have high technological difficulty, limited pressure measurement range, and low sensitivity. This paper proposes a fiber-optic Fabry–Perot pressure sensor based on a membrane-hole-base structure. The sensitive core was fabricated by laser cutting technology and direct bonding technology of three-layer sapphire and develops a supporting large-cavity-length demodulation algorithm for the sensor’s Fabry–Perot cavity. The sensor exhibits enhanced sensitivity, a simplified structure, convenient preparation procedures, as well as improved pressure resistance and anti-harsh environment capabilities, and has large-range pressure sensing capability of 0–10 MPa in the temperature range of 20–370 °C. The sensor sensitivity is 918.9 nm/MPa, the temperature coefficient is 0.0695 nm/(MPa∙°C), and the error over the full temperature range is better than 2.312%.

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