Region-Selective Corrosion for the Fabrication of Tilted Microfiber Bragg Gratings: A Candidate for the Monitoring of Buildings’ Health
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Abstract
Optical fiber gratings can be appropriately packaged and integrated for the real-time monitoring of the structural health of buildings or composite-material films. In this work, a tilted fiber Bragg grating at the micron scale was proposed, designed, and optimized via simulation model analysis using OptiFDTD software. The effects of the grating inclination, grating period, and grating length on the transmission spectrum of the tilted microfiber Bragg grating (TMFBG) were studied. The transmission spectrum’s responses to different refractive indices were simulated and compared. A TFBG was uniformly etched with hydrofluoric acid based on the chemical etching method, and several TMFBGs with different diameters were prepared. The refractive index-sensing characteristics of the TMFBGs with different structures were studied. It was found that the sensitivity of the etched TFBG was greatly improved from 0.964 nm/RIU to 6.368 nm/RIU for the higher-order cladding mode, and from 0.294 nm/RIU to 2.353 nm/RIU for the lower-order cladding mode, being approximately six times and eight times higher, respectively.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors · Photonic and Optical Devices · Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies
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School of Architecture, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Funding
Chang’an University
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