Optical Fiber Sensors for High Temperature Harsh Environment Sensing

Abstract

This paper summarizes our recent research progresses in developing optical fiber harsh environment sensors for monitoring the operating conditions of a coal-fired power plant and in-situ detection of key gas components in coal-derived syngas. The sensors described in this paper include a miniaturized inline fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) fabricated by one-step femtosecond (fs) laser micromachining, a long period fiber grating (LPFG) and a fiber inline core-cladding mode interferometer (CMMI) fabricated by controlled CO₂ laser irradiations. Their operating principles, fabrication methods, and applications for measurement of various physical and chemical parameters in a high temperature and high pressure coexisting harsh environment are presented. © 2011 IEEE.

Meeting Name

2011 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2011

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Second Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor(s)

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (I and M)
Zhejiang University

Keywords and Phrases

Grating; Harsh Environment; Hig Temperature; Interferometer; Optical Fiber Sensor

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2011

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