Bimetal sheet type optical fiber microbending temperature sensor

Abstract

The invention provides a bimetallic strip type microbend optical fiber temperature sensor, which comprises a microbend optical fiber deforming device, a signal optical fiber imbedded in the microbend optical fiber deforming device and a bimetallic strip, wherein the bimetallic strip contacts with the microbend optical fiber deforming device. The bimetallic strip in the inventive bimetallic strip type microbend optical fiber temperature sensor can generate displacement according to the temperature variation, so as to generate deflection variation which acts on the microbend optical fiber deforming device to make the deforming device generate displacement, so as to change the bending loss of optical fiber. In this way, the temperature signal is converted to optical signal, which can be transmitted by the optical fiber to realize long-distance measurement with high precision and good reliability.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a temperature sensor, in particular to a bimetal type optical fiber microbending sensor utilizing the temperature characteristics of a bimetallic strip and the microbending loss of an optical fiber. Background technique [0002] Traditional temperature measuring sensors, such as thermistors and thermocouples, will be greatly affected by strong electric and magnetic fields, and it is not suitable for long-distance measurement, which will cause large deviations, which is not conducive to use in explosion-proof occasions . The fiber optic temperature sensor has many advantages and has attracted people's attention. For example, the fiber grating temperature sensor has been studied more, but the cost of fiber grating demodulation is relatively high, and its application is limited. [0003] The fiber optic microbending sensor was first proposed by J.N.Fields and J.H.Cole in 1980, and belongs to the light intensity modulation fiber ...

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Problems solved by technology

Because two sets of lenses are used to focus the output light of the optical fiber on the grating disk to form two light spots, the disadvantages are large volume, difficult debugging and poor stability.

[0008] Chinese patent application 200310111511.2 discloses a "microbent optical fiber temperature sensor". When the temperature changes, the geometric size of the temperature sensor will push the optical fiber microbending deformer to move due to thermal expansion and contraction. Change the bending degree of the signal fiber to realize the modulation of the light intensity in the signal fiber. The disadvantages are low sensitivity and large volume.

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