待熔光子晶体光纤中的热传导特性

在光子晶体光纤(PCF)的熔接过程中,由于包层空气孔结构的存在,同在熔接过程中存在着潜在的空气孔形变,使得加热过程更为复杂.对待熔的光子晶体光纤的热传导特性进行了研究,以二氧化碳激光作为熔接热源,根据传热学及能量守恒定律建立三维对称的热传导模型,进而对光子晶体光纤熔接的瞬态传热过程进行仿真分析和实验研究.分析表明,该模型可以很好地确定影响光子晶体光纤熔接过程中热传导特性的各个主要因素,为最终确定最佳熔接条件建立理论基础.     

Refractive index insensitive temperature sensor based on waist-enlarged few mode fiber bitapers

A refractive index insensitive temperature sensor based on waist-enlarged few mode fiber (FMF) bitapers is presented. The first section of FMF is spliced between two single-mode fibers. In fusion process, the waist-enlarged FMF bitapers can be obtained by large current discharging repeatedly. The refractive index and temperature sensing mechanisms are analyzed. For the sensors with different sizes, the refractive index and temperature experiments have been performed. The results show that in the refractive index ranges of 1.335 0—1.346 6 and 1.348 2—1.419 3, the refractive index insensitivity is verified. In a temperature range of 31.9—90 °C, the sensor sensitivity can be up to 85.57 pm/°C. In addition, it has a compact structure. Therefore, the sensor can avoid the cross sensitivity for measuring the refractive index and temperature simultaneously.     

Periodical rocking long period gratings in PANDA fibers for high temperature and refractive index sensing

We report periodical rocking long period gratings (PR-LPGs) in PANDA fibers fabricated with CO2 laser. The PR-LPGs achieve very high coupling efficiency of 19 dB with 12 periods and a 3.5° twist angle in just one scanning cycle, which is much more effective than the conventional CO2 laser fabrication technique. This type of LPGs exhibits polarization-selective resonance dips which demonstrate different sensitivities to environmental parameters. The high temperature and external refractive index sensitivities are measured simultaneously, so it can be used as a wavelength-selective polarization filter and sensor. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61605168), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No.F2016203392), the College and University Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No.QN2016078), the Science and Technology Project of Qinhuangdao City (No.201601B050), and the Intramural Doctoral Foundation of Yanshan Universtiy (No.B1011). E-mail:jinwa@ysu.edu.cn      

光子晶体光纤熔接过程中的空气孔力学特性

在光子晶体光纤(PCFs)的熔接过程中,熔接能量和加热时间的控制是避免空气孔塌陷的关键所在.应用经典力学理论,提出了一种光子晶体光纤熔接过程中力学特性的数学模型,对熔接过程中光子晶体光纤空气孔的畸变情况及畸变对光纤模场分布变化引起的熔接损耗进行了分析.分析结果表明,通过控制熔接能量和熔接时间可以控制光子晶体光纤空气孔的畸变情况.根据理论分析结果,进行熔接实验,分析空气孔畸变引起的损耗情况.实验结果与理论值有很好的一致性.     

A robust salinity sensor based on encapsulated long-period grating in microfiber

A robust fiber sensor for salinity measurement based on encapsulated long-period grating in microfiber is proposed. The long-period grating is fabricated in microfiber by inducing periodical deformation with CO2 laser, which is then encapsulated in a holey capillary tube. The encapsulation tube is designed to effectively protect the microfiber from external interference, but does not change the optical properties of the fiber and the response speed of the sensor, which makes the sensor more robust for real applications. Experimental results show that the sensor can achieve a sensitivity of 2.16 nm/% with a good linearity for concentration from 0% to 20%. It is theoretically proved that the sensitivity can be further improved by optimizing the diameter parameters. Such structure may be used as low loss evanescent-wave-coupled optical absorption, fluorescent and gain cells, photoacoustic cells, and etc.     

两亲性淀粉自组装研究进展

两亲性淀粉具有独特的结构特征,将其溶于选择性溶剂中,在疏水力的推动下会自组装形成核-壳结构的球形胶束.胶束可包合疏水性客体,对客体进行空间束缚,形成超分子包合物.两亲性淀粉自组装扩大了淀粉作为载体的应用范围.总结了两亲性淀粉自组装的原理、制备方法、影响因素,介绍了该方法应用于食品、医药、工业领域的研究进展,并提出了目前两亲性淀粉自组装研究领域存在的问题以及今后可能的研究方向.     

All-fiber mode converter based on superimposed long period fiber gratings

In this paper, a novel broadband all-fiber mode converter is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Through writing a pair of superimposed long period fiber gratings (SLPFGs) in tow-mode fiber (TMF) with a CO₂ laser, the mode converter can realize the conversion from LP₀₁ to LP₁₁ owing to the phase matching condition. Numerical and experimental results show that the bandwidth of this mode converter is 3 times broader than that of a single grating converter. The converter has low loss, high coupling efficiency, small size and is easy to fabricate, so it can be widely used in mode-division multiplexing.