Medium-high frequency FBG accelerometer with integrative matrix structure.

To meet the requirements for medium-high frequency vibration monitoring, a new type fiber Bragg grating (FBG) accelerometer with an integrative matrix structure is proposed. Two symmetrical flexible gemels are used as elastic elements, which drive respective inertial mass moving reversely when exciting vibration exists, leading to doubling the wavelength shift of the FBG. The mechanics model and a numerical method are presented in this paper, by which the influence of the structural parameters on the sensitivity and eigenfrequency is discussed.

Femtosecond laser ablation of microstructures in fiber and application in magnetic field sensing.

A novel (to our knowledge) 3D microstructure manufactured by a femtosecond laser in fiber Bragg grating (FBG) fiber cladding is proposed. The special spiral parameters including single thread and double thread with certain pitches of 60 and 80 μm are controlled by the feed and rotation speed of a rotary fixture. Moreover, supermagnetostrictive TbDyFe film with a thickness of nearly 6 μm is deposited on microgrooves of a FBG by magnetron sputtering technology to form the magnetic field sensing probe.