Two-wave mixing interferometry based on photorefractive crystals stands out among many techniques for monitoring dynamic strain because it can provide multiple dynamic sensing and does not require electronic feedback to actively compensate for any quasi-static drift. However, the traditional optical signal sensing processing system has shortcomings such as large, occupied space, various types of optical components, and complex optical path structure, which is not conducive to practical applications. Thanks to the development of photonic integrated circuits, photonic integrated can effectively solve these shortcomings. In this paper, based on the experimental study of two-wave mixing interferometry in InP:Fe spatial optics configuration, a photonic integrated two-wave mixing photorefractive interferometer is designed, which consists of curved waveguide, directional couple, unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure, crossed waveguide, electrodes, etc. To minimize the loss of light in transmission and achieve the best demodulation performance for a two-wave mixing photorefractive interferometer, each structure is optimized by finite element method simulations. The feasibility of the optimized structure is verified in theory and the demodulation curve of transmitted signal light varying with time is obtained.
A photonic integrated adaptive two-wave mixing (TWM) interferometer is designed for demodulation of FBG acoustic emission sensor signals, whose various optical elements are integrated in a substrate material with photorefractive properties. A ridge waveguide based on InP:Fe is designed. Each component of the photonic integrated TWM interferometer is analyzed and optimized to minimize the loss of light in the transmission of the TWM interferometer and obtain the best demodulation performance. The feasibility of the optimized structure of the photonic integrated adaptive TWM interferometer is verified in theory, and the optimized structure will contribute to the miniaturization and integration of the TWM demodulation system based on InP:Fe.
A method using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) array-based shape sensing is proposed for structure health monitoring of cylindrical marine structures in this paper. Because of the characteristics of FBG, any strain applied on the FBG is encoded as a wavelength shift of the light reflected by FBG. FBG sensors, with flexibility and small size, are bonded on the surface of the cylindrical shell structure to measure the strain of each fiber Bragg grating on the same certain points. And then we analyze the relationship of each parameter between FBG sensors and cylindrical structure. Experimental results prove that it is feasible for this method using FBG array-based shape sensing to monitor the deformation of the cylindrical structure. This method can be widely adopted in structure health monitoring of curved structures due to high precision, simple operation and low cost.
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