SELF-REFERENCED POINT TEMPERATURE SENSOR-BASED ON A FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY RATIO IN YB3-DOPED SILICA FIBER()

Authors
MAURICE E WADE SA COLLINS SF MONNOM G BAXTER GW
Citation
E. Maurice et al., SELF-REFERENCED POINT TEMPERATURE SENSOR-BASED ON A FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY RATIO IN YB3-DOPED SILICA FIBER(), Applied optics, 36(31), 1997, pp. 8264-8269
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
31
Year of publication
1997
Pages
8264 - 8269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:31<8264:SPTSOA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
An optical fiber temperature sensor, based on the fluorescence intensi ty ratio from the F-2(5/2)a and F-2(5/2)b Stark sublevels in ytterbium -doped silica fiber, has been investigated. Results of a sensor protot ype demonstrate an accuracy near 1 degrees C in a 600 degrees C temper ature range. Changes in the fluorescence intensity ratio because of va riation in pump power, pump wavelength, and induced fiber bending loss are demonstrated to be small, supporting development of a practical s ensor based on the technique described. (C) 1997 Optical Society of Am erica.