基于光纤LP01-LP11模式干涉温升负响应的游标增敏

Vernier sensitization based on optical fiber LP01-LP11 modal interference temperature rise negative response

  • 摘要: 研究了两模光纤(two-mode fiber, TMF)LP01、LP11模式特性、模式干涉及其游标增敏特性。对两个模式的色散与温敏特性进行了仿真,揭示了LP01-LP11模式干涉的温度负响应特性(随温度升高干涉谱蓝移),灵敏度为−0.068 nm/℃。制作了基于该干涉的两模光纤马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(Mach-Zehnder interferometer, MZI),其温度灵敏度实测为−0.058 nm/℃。将该干涉仪分别与两种温度正响应的干涉仪级联形成增强型游标,一种是紫外固化胶(即UV胶)法布里-珀罗干涉仪(Fabry-Pérot interferometer, FPI),另一种是单模光纤(single-mode fiber, SMF)MZI。在30 ℃~80 ℃范围内,TMF MZI与UV胶FPI级联结构温度响应为正,灵敏度为1.450 nm/℃,是单元TMF MZI的25倍,单元UV胶FPI的 8倍。而TMF MZI与SMF MZI级联的温度响应为负,灵敏度为−0.794 nm/℃,是单元TMF MZI的13.7倍,单元SMF MZI的18.5倍。分析了两种级联结构温度响应趋势相反的原因,即级联结构光谱包络的漂移方向与自由光谱范围较小的单元干涉仪一致。本研究可为少模光纤的研究和应用提供理论与实验依据。

     

    Abstract: This thesis investigates the modal characteristics of the LP01 and LP11 modes in a two-mode fiber (TMF), their modal interference behavior, and the corresponding vernier effect-based sensitivity enhancement characteristics. The dispersion and temperature sensitivity of the two modes were simulated, revealing that the LP01-LP11 modal interference exhibits a negative temperature response, specifically, the interference spectrum undergoes a blue shift with increasing temperature, with a sensitivity of −0.068 nm/°C. A TMF-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was fabricated using this interference mechanism, and its measured temperature sensitivity was determined to be −0.058 nm/°C. This TMF MZI was cascaded separately with two types of interferometers featuring positive temperature responses to construct enhanced vernier structures: one is an ultraviolet (UV)-cured adhesive Fabry-Pérot interferometer (FPI), and the other is a single-mode fiber (SMF) MZI. Within the temperature range of 30 °C to 80 °C, the cascaded structure of the TMF MZI and UV-cured adhesive FPI exhibited a positive temperature response with a sensitivity of 1.450 nm/°C, which is 25 times that of the standalone TMF MZI and 8 times that of the standalone UV-cured adhesive FPI. In contrast, the cascaded structure of the TMF MZI and SMF MZI showed a negative temperature response with a sensitivity of −0.794 nm/°C, which is 13.7 times that of the standalone TMF MZI and 18.5 times that of the standalone SMF MZI. The underlying reason for the opposite temperature response trends of the two cascaded structures was analyzed: the drift direction of the spectral envelope of the cascaded structure is consistent with that of the individual interferometer with a smaller free spectral range. The findings of this study provide solid theoretical and experimental foundations for the further research and practical application of few-mode fibers.

     

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