High sensitivity temperature sensor based on a helically twisted photonic crystal fiber

Shi Qiu; Jinhui Yuan; Sainan Duan; Xian Zhou; Chao Mei; Yuwei Qu; Binbin Yan; Qiang Wu; Kuiru Wang; Xinzhu Sang; Keping Long; Chongxiu Yu

Results in Physics (Oct 2021)

High sensitivity temperature sensor based on a helically twisted photonic crystal fiber

Shi Qiu,
Jinhui Yuan,
Sainan Duan,
Xian Zhou,
Chao Mei,
Yuwei Qu,
Binbin Yan,
Qiang Wu,
Kuiru Wang,
Xinzhu Sang,
Keping Long,
Chongxiu Yu

Affiliations

Shi Qiu: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Jinhui Yuan: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China; Research Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Corresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China; Research Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China (J. Yuan). Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom; Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China (Q. Wu).
Sainan Duan: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Xian Zhou: Research Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Chao Mei: Research Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Yuwei Qu: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Binbin Yan: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Qiang Wu: Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom; Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China; Corresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China; Research Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China (J. Yuan). Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom; Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China (Q. Wu).
Kuiru Wang: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Xinzhu Sang: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Keping Long: Research Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Chongxiu Yu: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29
p. 104767

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Helically twisted photonic crystal fibers (HT-PCFs) provide additional opportunities for controlling the light propagation characteristics and improving the sensing performances. In this paper, a toluene and gold wire-filled HT-PCF was proposed and designed for high sensitivity temperature sensing. The influences of the structure parameters on the confinement loss, sensitivity, and resolution of the proposed HT-PCF were investigated. For the optimized HT-PCF, the average sensitivity is as high as 14.35 and 17.29 nm/℃ in the temperature range of −20 to 20 ℃ and 20 to 70 ℃, respectively. Moreover, the proposed HT-PCF-based temperature sensor is insensitive to the hydrostatic pressure. Finally, the detailed fabrication process of the toluene and gold wire-filled HT-PCF temperature sensor is proposed. It is believed that the proposed HT-PCF temperature sensor has potential applications in the fields of the environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, etc.

Published in Results in Physics

ISSN: 2211-3797 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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