On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator

Abstract Miniaturized fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG) interrogators are of interest for applications in the areas where weight and size controlling is important, e.g., airplanes and aerospace or in-situ monitoring. An ultra-compact high-precision on-chip interrogator is proposed based on a tailored arraye...

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Main Authors: Yuan Zhuang, Jun Zou, Jiqiang Zhang, Lu Zhang, Jiahe Zhang, Leixin Meng, Qing Yang
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-01-01
Series:Photonic Sensors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-023-0694-9
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author Yuan Zhuang
Jun Zou
Jiqiang Zhang
Lu Zhang
Jiahe Zhang
Leixin Meng
Qing Yang
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Jun Zou
Jiqiang Zhang
Lu Zhang
Jiahe Zhang
Leixin Meng
Qing Yang
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description Abstract Miniaturized fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG) interrogators are of interest for applications in the areas where weight and size controlling is important, e.g., airplanes and aerospace or in-situ monitoring. An ultra-compact high-precision on-chip interrogator is proposed based on a tailored arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The on-chip interrogator enables continuous wavelength interrogation from 1 544 nm to 1 568 nm with the wavelength accuracy of less than 1 pm [the root-mean-square error (RMSE) is 0.73 pm] over the whole wavelength range. The chip loss is less than 5 dB. The 1 × 16 AWG is optimized to achieve a large bandwidth and a low noise level at each channel, and the FBG reflection peaks can be detected by multiple output channels of the AWG. The fabricated AWG is utilized to interrogate FBG sensors through the center of gravity (CoG) algorithm. The validation of an on-chip FBG interrogator that works with sub-picometer wavelength accuracy in a broad wavelength range shows large potential for applications in miniaturized fiber optic sensing systems.
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spelling doaj-art-e8411cbc392e4dffa3d29c1cd60d3eb12024-11-10T12:13:42ZengSpringerOpenPhotonic Sensors1674-92512190-74392024-01-0114111210.1007/s13320-023-0694-9On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating InterrogatorYuan Zhuang0Jun Zou1Jiqiang Zhang2Lu Zhang3Jiahe Zhang4Leixin Meng5Qing Yang6Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang LabZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation CenterResearch Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang LabResearch Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang LabResearch Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang LabResearch Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang LabResearch Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang LabAbstract Miniaturized fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG) interrogators are of interest for applications in the areas where weight and size controlling is important, e.g., airplanes and aerospace or in-situ monitoring. An ultra-compact high-precision on-chip interrogator is proposed based on a tailored arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The on-chip interrogator enables continuous wavelength interrogation from 1 544 nm to 1 568 nm with the wavelength accuracy of less than 1 pm [the root-mean-square error (RMSE) is 0.73 pm] over the whole wavelength range. The chip loss is less than 5 dB. The 1 × 16 AWG is optimized to achieve a large bandwidth and a low noise level at each channel, and the FBG reflection peaks can be detected by multiple output channels of the AWG. The fabricated AWG is utilized to interrogate FBG sensors through the center of gravity (CoG) algorithm. The validation of an on-chip FBG interrogator that works with sub-picometer wavelength accuracy in a broad wavelength range shows large potential for applications in miniaturized fiber optic sensing systems.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-023-0694-9Fiber optic sensingon-chip interrogatorarrayed waveguide gratingcenter of gravity
spellingShingle Yuan Zhuang
Jun Zou
Jiqiang Zhang
Lu Zhang
Jiahe Zhang
Leixin Meng
Qing Yang
On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator
Photonic Sensors
Fiber optic sensing
on-chip interrogator
arrayed waveguide grating
center of gravity
title On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator
title_full On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator
title_fullStr On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator
title_full_unstemmed On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator
title_short On-Chip Sub-Picometer Continuous Wavelength Fiber-Bragg-Grating Interrogator
title_sort on chip sub picometer continuous wavelength fiber bragg grating interrogator
topic Fiber optic sensing
on-chip interrogator
arrayed waveguide grating
center of gravity
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-023-0694-9
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