Mechanical Filter-Based Differential Pressure Fiber-Optic Fabry-Perot Infrasound Sensor

Abstract

A differential pressure fiber optic infrasound sensor based on a mechanical filter was developed, for the detection of infrasound within the frequency range of 0.01--1 Hz. The sensing unit employs a miniature polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) diaphragm which is fixed onto a glass ferrule. An extrinsic Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometer was fabricated between the optical fiber end face and the PPS diaphragm, and a mechanical filter structure introduced to improve the minimum detectable frequency down to 0.005 Hz. Experimental results indicate that this infrasound sensor shows a favorable frequency response for infrasound signals between 0.01 and 1 Hz, and it exhibits an average minimum detectable pressure (MDP) of 88.85 mPa·Hz−1/2. Our platform provides a promising solution for sensors in infrasound signal detection applications.

Keywords

• Fiber optic systems
• sensors