Tunable Single-Passband Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Sagnac Loop and Fabry-Perot Laser Diode

A tunable single-passband microwave photonic filter is proposed and demonstrated, based on a laser diode (LD) array with multiple optical carriers and a Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser diode. Multiple optical carriers in conjunction with the F-P LD will realize a filter with multiple passbands. By adjusting the wavelengths of the multiple optical carriers, multiple passbands are merged into a single passband with a broadened bandwidth. By varying the number of the optical carrier, the bandwidth can be adjusted. The central frequency can be tuned by adjusting the wavelength of the multiple optical carriers simultaneously. A single-passband filter implemented by two optical carriers is experimentally demonstrated.

Wavelength modulation spectroscopy at 1530.32 nm for measurements of acetylene based on Fabry–Perot tunable filter

Sensitive detection of acetylene（C_2H_2） is performed by absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） based on Fiber Fabry–Perot tunable filter（FFP-TF） at 1530.32 nm. After being calibrated by Fiber Bragg Grating（FBG）, FFP-TF is frequency-multiplexed and modulated at 20 Hz and 2.5 kHz respectively to achieve wavelength modulation. The linearity with 0.9907 fitting coefficient is obtained by measuring different concentrations in a 100 ppmv–400 ppmv range. Furthermore, the stability of the system is analyzed by detecting 50 ppmv and 100 ppmv standard gases for 2 h under room temperature and ambient pressure conditions respectively. The precision of 11 ppmv is achieved by calculating the standard deviation. Therefore, the measuring system of C_2H_2 detection can be applied in practical applications.

A Wavelength Monitoring System Using Tunable MEMS Filter Calibrated by F-P Laser

We report a wavelength and power monitoring system based on a scanning MEMS filter as wavelength discriminator and a near threshold-biased Fabry-Perot diode laser as wavelength reference. This system is capable of monitoring 250 channels of DWDM signal at 25 GHz ITU Grid with an error of less than ±8 pm.

Research on a Pulse Interference Filter Used for the Fiber Bragg Grating Interrogation System

In this paper, a novel pulse interference filter for fiber Bragg grating （FBG） interrogation based on the tunable Fabry-Perot （F-P） filtering principle is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The self-developed FBG interrogation system is devised for the aircraft health management of key structures. Nevertheless, the pulse interference is detected in the reflection spectrum of FBG causing interrogation system unstable. To address the problem, the first-order lag pulse broadening filter is proposed in this paper. The first-order lag filter is applied to preprocess and smooth the original signal, meanwhile enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio （SNR）. Afterwards, peaks of reflection spectrum are distinguished with pulse interference by pulse broadening. Experimental results indicate that 634 peaks are detected before adopting the first-order lag pulse broadening filter. Comparatively, the number of peaks decreases to 203 after filtering the interference pulse, and the correct rate of peak detection is higher than 98.5%. Through the comparison with the finite impulse response （FIR） filter, the advantage of first-order lag filter is proved. The vibration monitoring experiment demonstrates that this system has high dynamic precision with a dynamic interrogation range of 0Hz-400Hz, and the maximum repetition rate of 800Hz.

Recent Developments in Fiber Optic Spectral White-Light Interferometry

Recent developments in spectral white-light interferometry(WLI)are reviewed.Firstly,the techniques for obtaining optical spectrum are introduced.Secondly,some novel measurement techniques are reviewed,including the improved peak-to-peak WLI,improved wavelength-tracking WLI,Fourier transform WLI,and 3×3 coupler based WLI.Furthermore,a hybrid measurement for the intensity-type sensors,interferometric sensors,and fiber Bragg grating sensors is achieved.It is shown that these developments have assisted in the progress of WLI.