Abstract
A simple integrated interferometer with an open cavity for salinity and temperature measurement is theoretically analyzed and verified in the paper. The sensing probe consists of a small segment of hollow core fiber (HCF) embedded in a pair of multimode fibers (MMFs) and is spliced to the light-guiding single-mode fiber (SMF), that is, the SMF-MMF-HCF-MMF-SMF (SMHMS) structure. The existence of the opening cavity makes it possible for Mach-Zehnder (MZ) and Fabry-Perot (FP) interference spectrum to coexist in a single compact structure. The interferometer not only maintains the high sensitivity in salinity measurement with MZ interferometer (MZI), but also obtains the spectrums of MZI and FP interferometer (FPI) simultaneously, which is adequate to make a more precise measurement. In the experiment, the sensitivity of salinity can reach -3.2nm/‰ in the salinity range of 0-40‰, at the same time, that of temperature can reach 1.64nm/°C within 5-30°C. According to the different responses of two interferometers in the one compact structure to salinity and temperature, the problem of cross-sensitivity can be solved. In addition, the proposed sensing probe has advantages in size, sensitivity, and multi-parameter sensing.
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