Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge

Based on electrical arc discharges mechanisms, we inscribed spatially arrayed long period gratings (LPGs) into a heterogeneous seven-core fiber. The LPG fabrication platform was built upon the commercial fiber fusion splicer with a self-developed real-time control software. With the help of homemade...

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Main Authors: Ruoxu Wang, Ming Tang, Songnian Fu, Zhenhua Feng, Weijun Tong, Deming Liu
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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Ming Tang
Songnian Fu
Zhenhua Feng
Weijun Tong
Deming Liu
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Deming Liu
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description Based on electrical arc discharges mechanisms, we inscribed spatially arrayed long period gratings (LPGs) into a heterogeneous seven-core fiber. The LPG fabrication platform was built upon the commercial fiber fusion splicer with a self-developed real-time control software. With the help of homemade fan-in/fan-out multiplexer, the high-quality grating spectra in seven cores are measured. The largest resonant dip of −42 dB and minimum insertion loss of 0.5 dB are achieved in the central core. To demonstrate potentials of the spatially diversified gratings, we measured the strain and temperature simultaneously with the spatial response matrix to eliminate the cross sensitivity. Accurate sensing results have been achieved with relative errors less than 4%.
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spelling doaj-art-e8839b4df59849c5953242c6f1a12c4c2025-08-20T03:31:16ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-019111010.1109/JPHOT.2016.26394997786850Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc DischargeRuoxu Wang0Ming Tang1Songnian Fu2Zhenhua Feng3Weijun Tong4Deming Liu5Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC) R&D Center, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaBased on electrical arc discharges mechanisms, we inscribed spatially arrayed long period gratings (LPGs) into a heterogeneous seven-core fiber. The LPG fabrication platform was built upon the commercial fiber fusion splicer with a self-developed real-time control software. With the help of homemade fan-in/fan-out multiplexer, the high-quality grating spectra in seven cores are measured. The largest resonant dip of −42 dB and minimum insertion loss of 0.5 dB are achieved in the central core. To demonstrate potentials of the spatially diversified gratings, we measured the strain and temperature simultaneously with the spatial response matrix to eliminate the cross sensitivity. Accurate sensing results have been achieved with relative errors less than 4%.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7786850/Multicore fiberfiber gratingspatial division multiplex
spellingShingle Ruoxu Wang
Ming Tang
Songnian Fu
Zhenhua Feng
Weijun Tong
Deming Liu
Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge
IEEE Photonics Journal
Multicore fiber
fiber grating
spatial division multiplex
title Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge
title_full Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge
title_fullStr Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge
title_full_unstemmed Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge
title_short Spatially Arrayed Long Period Gratings in Multicore Fiber by Programmable Electrical Arc Discharge
title_sort spatially arrayed long period gratings in multicore fiber by programmable electrical arc discharge
topic Multicore fiber
fiber grating
spatial division multiplex
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7786850/
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