Temperature Sensor Based on Fiber Ring Laser With Sagnac Loop

Abstract

In this letter, a temperature sensor based on a fiber ring laser with a reflective Sagnac loop is proposed. The reflective Sagnac loop inserted into the fiber ring laser through a downlead optical fiber is used as the filter and sensing head to supply high temperature sensitivity. As the temperature varies, the transmission spectrum of Sagnac loop changes, leading to the shift of emission wavelength of a fiber ring laser. We obtain a temperature sensor system with a high temperature sensitivity of 1.739 nm/°C, a narrow 3-dB bandwidth less than 0.05 nm, and a high signal-to-noise ratio $\sim 50$ dB. Moreover, it is convenient to achieve the remote sensing by changing the length of the downlead optical fiber.