Temperature-insensitive refractive index sensor based on an optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer processed by a femtosecond laser

Pengfei Liu, Lan Jiang, Sumei Wang*, Zhitao Cao, Peng Wang

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Abstract

An optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) is designed and fabricated for refractive index (RI) sensing. To test the RI of liquid, the following two different methods are adopted: the wavelength tracking method and the Fourier-transform white-light interferometry (FTWLI). The sensitivities of sensors with cavity lengths of 288.1 and 358.5 μm are 702.312 nm/RIU and 396.362 μm/RIU, respectively, by the two methods. Our work provides a new kind of RI sensor with the advantages of high sensitivity, mechanical robustness, and low cross sensitivity to temperature. Also, we provide a new method to deal with gold film with a femtosecond laser.

Original languageEnglish
Article number020602
JournalChinese Optics Letters
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2016

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