Abstract

A high-sensitivity all-fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) gas refractive index (RI) sensor based on lateral offset splicing and Vernier Effect is proposed. The sensing head consist of a reference FPI and a sensing FPI. A reference FPI and the sensing FPI is connected by two circulators. The sensing FPI is an open cavity made by lateral offset splicing of single mode fibers (SMFs), and the reference FPI is spliced by SMF and fiber tube. The Cascaded double-cavity produces a Vernier Effect and improves the sensitivity of gas RI. Experimental results show that the sensor has a high gas RI sensitivity of 16335.96 nm/RIU. The sensor has broad application prospects in gas composition detection, environmental monitoring, biosensors and other fields.

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