Compound Fabry-Pérot interferometer for simultaneous high-pressure and high-temperature measurement.

Abstract

We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a sapphire-derived fiber (SDF) and silica capillary-based compound Fabry-Pérot interferometer (FPI) for high-pressure and high-temperature sensing. The SDF owns high alumina dopant concentration core, which can generate a mullite crystallization region during an arc discharge process. The crystallization region acts as a reflective interface to form one FPI in the SDF. The other FPI contains an air cavity constructed by the silica capillary and is used for high-pressure sensing. Both gas pressure within a range from 0 MPa to 4 MPa and temperature within a range from 20°C to 700°C are measured. Experimental results show that the wavelength shift of the FPI versus the applied pressure is linear at each tested temperature. The pressure sensitivity is measured to be 5.19 nm/MPa at a high temperature of 700°C, and the linear responses show excellent repeatability with linearity of 0.999. Meanwhile, the proposed FPI can stably function at a high temperature of 700°C with a temperature sensitivity of 0.013 nm/°C. The proposed FPI sensor provides a promising candidate for simultaneous measurement of high pressure and high temperature in extreme conditions.