Optical Fiber Sensing Based on Reflection Laser Spectroscopy

Abstract

An overview on high-resolution and fast interrogation of optical-fiber sensors relying on laser reflection spectroscopy is given. Fiber Bragg-gratings (FBGs) and FBG resonators built in fibers of different types are used for strain, temperature and acceleration measurements using heterodyne-detection and optical frequency-locking techniques. Silica fiber-ring cavities are used for chemical sensing based on evanescent-wave spectroscopy. Various arrangements for signal recovery and noise reduction, as an extension of most typical spectroscopic techniques, are illustrated and results on detection performances are presented.

Keywords

• Fiber Bragg gratings
• fiber resonator
• Pound-Drever-Hall method
• frequency locking
• laser-frequency modulation
• high-birefringence fiber