Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Hiroto Kawashima, Hiroki Matsuda, Yukitaka Shinoda
Summary: The paper proposes a peak detection method for measuring fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) using convolutional neural network (CNN) to improve the performances of wavelength division multiplexing. The method addresses the issue of complex overlapping of multiple FBGs reflectance spectra, making it difficult to accurately measure the peak wavelengths of individual FBGs using conventional methods. By using CNN, the method successfully improves the standard deviation for peak wavelength detection and demonstrates successful strain measurements with three complex overlapping FBGs.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yanpeng Hao, Jikai Bi, Quan Wang, Jie Wei, Yanwen Chen, Lin Yang
Summary: This paper develops a new method to monitor arc discharge on the insulator surface and proposes three criteria to evaluate the arc situation. The results show that this method can effectively monitor both instantaneous arc and short-lived arc, which is of great significance for discharge monitoring and flashover warning of composite insulators.
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Po-Han Chiu, Yu-Shen Lin, Yibeltal Chanie Manie, Jyun-Wei Li, Ja-Hon Lin, Peng-Chun Peng
Summary: The paper proposes a new fiber Bragg grating central wavelength interrogation system by combining an unsupervised autoencoder pre-training convolutional neural network with a differential evolutionary algorithm. This system achieves good accuracy and can speed up computational time by a maximum of 30 times compared to the DE algorithm.
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yunhong Zhu, Jing Jin, Xiaowei Wang, Shen Tan, Tiezhi Li, Hongfei Xu
Summary: In this article, a dual light source multiplexing fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing system is proposed to meet the more stringent requirements for the reliability and accuracy of sensors and instrumentation in the complex space environment. The proposed system eliminates single-point failures and has the highest reliability among the five systems. The experimental results show that the proposed system achieves higher accuracy performance due to its higher wavelength resolution compared to the common commercial FBG sensing system.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Fumi Nakamura, Hideaki Asakura, Keijiro Suzuki, Ken Tanizawa, Minoru Ohtsuka, Nobuyuki Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Matsumaro, Miyoshi Seki, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Shu Namiki, Hitoshi Kawashima, Hiroyuki Tsuda
Summary: A novel 1 x M fold-back type wavelength selective switch (WSS) is designed to have fewer waveguide crossings, reducing excess crosstalk and loss in lightwave circuits. By using a fold-back architecture, the number of crossings can be reduced to less than half of a conventional design, improving performance and scalability. The switching operation of a 200-GHz spacing, 20-channel, 1 x 2 silicon WSS in a fold-back configuration is demonstrated, showing promising results with average insertion loss and extinction ratio.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Keiji Kuroda
Summary: This study reports the wavelength-division multiplexed interrogation of fiber Bragg gratings using a directly modulated distributed-feedback laser array as a multi-wavelength, frequency scanning, pulsed-light source. The heterodyne detection technique is employed to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of weak reflection signals. Reflections from three fiber Bragg gratings with different peak wavelengths are simultaneously observed as beat oscillations, with clear reflection spectra visible at a signal-to-noise ratio of approximately 20 dB.
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yuan Li, Yang Shen, Jiajun Tian, Qi Fu, Yong Yao
Summary: A novel multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with wavelength switchable capabilities is demonstrated based on PDL modulation and cascaded FBGs as wavelength comb filters. The PDL modulation balances the total loss and lasing gain, allowing for the creation of multiple lasing lines by adjusting PDLs in different wavelengths. The experiment successfully verifies the switching operation for single to four-wavelength laser outputs by adjusting the polarization controllers.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jiahua Yang, Xiaopeng Dong
Summary: This article proposes a novel multipoint gas detection scheme based on the photothermal effect and interferometer. By incorporating fiber Bragg gratings with different central wavelengths in the interferometer, gas concentration information can be extracted from different gas cells, enabling simpler and more efficient installation. The experiment validates the effectiveness of the method in reducing noise and crosstalk, and demonstrates successful acetylene detection.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Ying-Gang Nan, Junjun Pan, Fu Liu, Xuehao Hu, Patrice Megret
Summary: In this paper, a simulation method for analyzing the spectral properties of fiber Bragg gratings written in silica-based multimode graded-index fiber is described and compared with experimental spectra. The simulation accurately determines the resonance wavelengths and provides detailed reflection and transmission spectra using coupled-mode theory and modal field equations. The simulation results show good agreement with the experimental data.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Qiang Bian, Hongtian Zhu, Jianqiao Liang, Yang Yu, Peiguang Yan
Summary: A mode field matching fusion splicing method between sapphire fiber and single-mode fiber was developed to solve the multimode issue, resulting in a quasi-single mode reflection spectrum from sapphire fiber Bragg grating. By optimizing the splicing parameters, a high-order modes suppression and a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were achieved. The improved fusion splicing method combined with a commercial single-mode interrogator enabled real-time temperature monitoring up to 1160 degrees C.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Ravil Idrisov, Adrian Lorenz, Manfred Rothhardt, Hartmut Bartelt
Summary: This paper presents a novel multicore optical waveguide component based on a fiber design optimized for selective grating inscription in multiplexed sensing applications. It enables an increase in optical sensor capacity, extension of sensing length, and preservation of spatial sensing resolution.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Natalia Soares Girao, Marcia Muller, Lucia Valeria Ramos de Arruda
Summary: This paper proposes a biometric identification system based on plantar pressure, using fiber Bragg gratings to detect footprint patterns, and a support vector machine for classification. The pattern recognition system achieved a recognition rate of over 86% for 12 different stepping patterns.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Kuikui Guo, Jun He, He Li, Baijie Xu, Shengzhen Lu, Shen Liu, Xizhen Xu, Gaixia Xu, Yiping Wang
Summary: This study introduces a method for fabricating ultra-short Type II FBGs using femtosecond laser technology, which can be used for high temperature sensing and precise temperature field distribution measurements with high spatial resolution, showing promising applications in a large-scale fiber sensor network.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jun He, Jiafeng Wu, Xizhen Xu, Changrui Liao, Shen Liu, Xiaoyu Weng, Liwei Liu, Junle Qu, Yiping Wang
Summary: We present a cylindrical telescope assisted femtosecond laser direct writing technology for fabricating plane-by-plane Bragg gratings in sapphire fibers. The technique allows for the effective extension of the refractive index modulation (RIM) regions and improves spectral characteristics. The resulting sapphire fiber Bragg gratings (SFBGs) exhibit enhanced reflectivity and reduced bandwidth, making them suitable for high temperature measurement applications.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Hongye Wang, Lingzhi Meng, Qi Xia, Shitai Yang, Tingting Yuan, Xiaotong Zhang, Libo Yuan
Summary: A bending sensor is proposed to convert the multichannel bending signals of multicore fiber (MCF) to single-channel signals using the phase mask method combined with the thermal diffusion technique (TDT). The sensor was fabricated using a four-core fiber (FCF) with different resonant wavelengths for each fiber core through the method of core-by-core inscribed fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). Single-channel measurement of the 3-D parallel FCF FBGs signals was achieved by coupling the FCF with a single-mode fiber (SMF) using the TDT method. The sensor demonstrated high bending sensitivities and eliminated crosstalk caused by temperature and strain.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yisbel Eloisa Marin, Veronica Toccafondo, Philippe Velha, Simona Scarano, Stefano Tirelli, Alessandro Nottola, Yoonah Jeong, Hyunpyo Jeon, Sanghun Kim, Maria Minunni, Fabrizio Di Pasquale, Claudio J. Oton
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Francesco Testa, Stefano Tondini, Fabrizio Gambini, Philippe Velha, Alberto Bianchi, Christophe Kopp, Michael Hofbauer, Costanza Lucia Manganelli, Nikola Zecevic, Stefano Faralli, Gabriel Pares, Reinhard Enne, Aina Serrano, Bernhard Goll, Giorgio Fontana, Astghik Chalyan, Jong-Moo Lee, Paolo Pintus, Guido Chiaretti, Horst Zimmermann, Lorenzo Pavesi, Claudio J. Oton, Stefano Stracca
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Optics
Yonas Muanenda, Stefano Faralli, Claudio J. Oton, Cheng Cheng, Minghong Yang, Fabrizio Di Pasquale
Article
Optics
Paolo Pintus, Michael Hofbauer, Costanza L. Manganelli, Maryse Fournier, Sarat Gundavarapu, Olivier Lemonnier, Fabrizio Carnbini, Laetitia Adelmini, Carl Meinhart, Christophe Kopp, Francesco Testa, Horst Zimmermann, Claudio J. Oton
LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yisbel E. Marin, Arda Celik, Stefano Faralli, Laetitia Adelmini, Christophe Kopp, Fabrizio Di Pasquale, Claudio J. Oton
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2019)
Review
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yonas Muanenda, Claudio J. Oton, Fabrizio Di Pasquale
FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Francesco Barone, Marco Marrazzo, Claudio J. Oton
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Claudio J. Oton, Lorenzo Tozzetti, Fabrizio Di Pasquale
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Y. Muanenda, S. Faralli, C. J. Oton, P. Velha, F. Di Pasquale
Summary: This paper presents a novel phi-OTDR scheme using a DDS-generated NLFM waveform for optical pulse compression, which significantly improves range resolution and suppresses sidelobes.
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Javier Elaskar, Francesca Bontempi, Philippe Velha, Rana M. Armaghan Ayaz, Lorenzo Tozzetti, Stefano Faralli, Fabrizio Di Pasquale, Claudio J. Oton
Summary: We present an interferometer-based multiplexed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogator using silicon photonic technology. The photonic-integrated system includes various components integrated on a 6x8 mm² silicon chip, such as grating couplers, active and passive interferometers, a 12-channel wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) filter, and Ge photodiodes. The device showcases the advantage of integrated photonics, allowing the integration of different demodulation schemes in the same chip, enabling easy scalability without increasing dimensions or cost.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Arijit Beraa, Yisbel Marina, Mikko Harjannea, Matteo Cherchia, Timo Aalto
Summary: Silicon photonics technology shows great potential for various applications, but high propagation loss has been a major challenge. VTT's thick-SOI technology significantly reduces propagation loss, paving the way for emerging applications like quantum computing, biosensors, and 3D imaging.
SILICON PHOTONICS XVII
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Javier Elaskar, Marcelo A. Luda, Lorenzo Tozzetti, Jorge Codnia, Claudio J. Oton
Summary: We report on the development of a real-time high-speed fiber Bragg grating interrogator based on a fiber-optic interferometer. The system utilizes a low-cost FPGA system for signal processing, implementing a PGC demodulation algorithm with MTM to provide distortion-free signals with high tolerance to modulation depth variations and light intensity fluctuations. The system can achieve data streaming at rates up to 1 MS/s and supports multiplexed processing of up to two channels. Experimental results demonstrate simultaneous measurements of two FBGs, one of which can be actuated at frequencies up to 100 kHz. The system features a wide bandwidth and dynamic wavelength resolution, and exhibits reduced distortion compared to the standard technique through the use of the MTM approach.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Optics
Yonas Muanenda, Stefano Faralli, Claudio J. Oton, Fabrizio Di Pasquale
FIBER OPTIC SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS XV
(2018)