First, the actuality of fiber sensors in homeland and abroad are outlined in this paper. And the characteristics and transfer
matrix of high birefringent fiber (HBF) are introduced. After deduction of transfer matrix of the HBF Sagnac loop
mirror, a conclusion that the frequency of optical transmissibility will not change with the wavelength change basically is
obtained, and it is proportional to the length of the HBF in the loop mirror.After the theoretical conclusion is verified by
spectrometer, the HBF Sagnac loop mirror application to sensor and demodulation are discussed. Because the frequency
of optical transmissibility is not change following the wavelength change, and it is proportional to the length of the HBF
in the loop mirror, we adopt the counting method for wavelength demodulation. Using a long HBF Sagnac loop mirror,
through the recording number of changed periods of the optical transmissibility, the wavelength variation can be judged.
This method gets high resolution, it even can be better than 0.01nm which is the higher precision of spectrometers.The
HBF is also more sensitive to temperature. If changing the temperature of the HBF in the loop mirror and keeping the
wavelength of input light invariable, the intensity of output light also changes in period. For a short HBF Sagnac loop
mirror, the period gets longer, and the range of temperature change is included in its half period. Using the short HBF
Sagnac loop mirror, we have achieved the temperature measurement. The material and devices including HBF, Pin,
circuit of amplification and Mega8 A/D converter are only used in the two methods as mentioned above. The structure is
simple and the cost is low.
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