Application of microstructured fiber sensor in the field of temperature detection

Abstract

A fiber temperature sensor based on no core fiber-few mode fiber-no core fiber (NCF-FMF-NCF) is proposed. It consists of two segments of NCF and a segment of FMF, with the NCF fused at both ends of the FMF. Meanwhile, the lengths of the NCF and FMF were optimized by simulation simulations and experimental validation. The results show that the sensor has a high sensitivity to the external refractive index (RI) changes, and enables a wide range of ambient temperature measurement. A sensitivity of 0.09445nm/? was obtained in a temperature range of 25-70?. The sensor has the advantages of high stability, good linear fit and simple structure.