Due to their compact size, sensitivity, and ability to be multiplexed, intrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometers (IFPIs) are excellent candidates for almost any multi-point temperature or strain application, and it is well-known that using a single-mode lead-in fiber, a multi-mode fiber section as the Fabry-Perot cavity, and an additional single-mode fiber as the tail results in a structure that generates strong interference fringes while remaining robust. Though the basic principles behind these sensors are understood, to the best of the author's knowledge there hasn't been a thorough investigation into the design and fabrication of a chain of multiplexed IFPI sensors for industrial use in an environment where serious issues associated with the size of the test coupon, sensor placement, and mechanical reinforcement of the fiber could arise. This thesis details the preparation and results of this investigation. It turns out that fabricating a sensor chain with appropriate sensor spacing and excellent temperature response characteristics proved a significant challenge, and issues addressed include inter-sensor interference, high-temperature mechanical reinforcement for bare fiber sections, and high bending losses. After overcoming these problems, a final sensor chain was fabricated and characterized. This chain was then subjected to a battery of tests at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), where four multiplexed sensors were installed on a 2â x2â coupon in a simulated gas turbine environment. Final results are presented and analyzed. The work that went into developing this chain lays the foundation for future efforts in developing quasi-distributed temperature sensors by identifying potential obstacles and fundamental limitations for certain approaches. / Master of Science

Tesis por compendio / [ES] Con el continuo desarrollo de materiales y tecnologías de fabricación durante las últimas tres décadas, la atenuación de la transmisión de las fibras ópticas de polímero (POF) se ha reducido considerablemente. Las POF son ventajosas para las redes domésticas, así como para las interconexiones de almacenamiento, y tienen ventajas significativas para muchas aplicaciones de detección, que incluye el límite alto de tensión elástica, alta resistencia a la fractura, alta flexibilidad en la flexión, alta sensibilidad a la tensión y coeficientes termoópticos negativos. Esta tesis consigue mejorar la tecnología de irradiación con láser para POF e investiga dispositivos especiales basados en redes de difracción en POF para comunicaciones ópticas, microondas, fotónica y detección. En particular, desarrollamos la tecnología de fabricación rápida de FBGs en POF con un estudio detallado y la optimización de los parámetros de fabricación de redes de difracción de Bragg en fibra (FBG). Los resultados más destacados incluyen un FBG uniforme de 8 dB con un solo pulso láser Nd: YAG (26 nsm) (8 ns) basado en fibra dopada con BDK, que es el tiempo más corto presentado hasta ahora para la fabricación de FBGs en POF. La irradiación de fibras ópticas de polímero utilizando diferentes materiales basado en el láser KrF a 248 nm permitió demostrar un mejor rendimiento en comparación con el sistema que emplea el láser He-Cd a 325 nm. Además, se fabricaron FBGs uniformes en POFs de índice escalón dopadas con TS en menos de 1 segundo mediante la repetición de pulsos con baja energía. Finalmente, el estudio de la irradiación UV con pulsos de baja energía para la fabricación de redes de difracción estables permitió ahorrar energía en el proceso de fabricación de FBGs en POF, como uno de los principales requisitos para la producción en masa. Basándonos en la tecnología de fabricación mejorada, nos centramos en la fabricación de redes de difracción con diferentes estructuras: se fabricó un FBG con desplazamiento de fase utilizando dos pulsos de 15 ns a 248 nm KrF superpuestos por el método de Moiré; el primer FBG con chirp sintonizable se logró utilizando un solo pulso corto del láser, que abrió nuevas perspectivas a las aplicaciones basadas en redes de difracción con chirp en POF; también se propuso un nuevo método basado en gradientes térmicos para obtener FBG con chirp en POF basadas en FBG uniformes, y se demostró como la forma más conveniente publicada hasta la fecha para lograr este tipo de FBGs no uniformes en POF; y, finalmente, también se han fabricado redes de difracción de largo período utilizando un proceso de fabricación de corto tiempo, especialmente en comparación con investigaciones anteriores. En la última parte de la tesis, y en base a los dispositivos basados en redes de difracción obtenidos a lo largo de este trabajo, se han propuesto varias aplicaciones . De manera similar a los FBG en fibra de sílice, los FBGs con chirp en POF tienen muchas aplicaciones futuras en las áreas de comunicaciones ópticas y de los sensores. Este documento describe la aplicación de detección de tensión basada en una FBG con chirp sintonizable en POF, su aplicación para detección térmica en sistemas biomédicos; e ilustra el potencial de los dispositivos de dispersión sintonizables en el campo de las comunicaciones ópticas, bien como compensación de dispersión o en fotónica de microondas. / [CA] Amb el continu desenvolupament de materials i tecnologies de fabricació durant les últimes tres dècades, l'atenuació de la transmissió de les fibres òptiques de polímer (POF) s'ha reduït considerablement. Els POF són avantatjosos per a les xarxes domèstiques, així com per a les interconnexions d'emmagatzematge, i tenen avantatges significatius per a moltes aplicacions de detecció, inclosos els límits de tensió elàstica alta, alta resistència a la fractura, alta flexibilitat en la flexió, alta sensibilitat a la tensió i potencials coeficients termoópticos negatius. Aquesta tesi va millorar la tecnologia d'irradiació amb làser per a POF i va investigar dispositius basats en xarxes difracció de Bragg (FBG) especials en POF per a comunicació òptica, microones, fotònica i detecció. En particular, desenvolupem la tecnologia de fabricació ràpida de FBG en POF amb un estudi detallat i l'optimització dels paràmetres per a la seua fabricació. Els punts destacats dels resultats inclouen un FBG uniforme de 8 dB amb un sol pols del làser Nd: YAG (266 nm) (8 ns) basat en fibra dopada amb BDK, que és el temps més curt reportat per a la fabricació de POF FBG. La irradiació de fibres òptiques de polímer utilitzant diferents materials sota el sistema de làser KrF a 248 nm va permetre demostrar un millor rendiment en comparació amb el sistema de làser Kimmon de 325 nm. A més, els FBG uniformes en el POF dopat amb TS d'índex escalonat es van aconseguir amb menys d'1 segon mitjançant la repetició de polsos de control i l'energia baixa de pols. Finalment, l'estudi de la irradiació d'energia de pols per a la fabricació de FBGs estables va permetre estalviar energia en el procés de fabricació de FBGs en POF, com un dels principals objectius de la producció en massa. Basant-nos en la tecnologia de fabricació millorada, ens centrem en la fabricació de diferents estructures de xarxes de difracció: es va fabricar un FBG amb desplaçament de fase utilitzant dos polsos de 15 ns a 248 nm KrF superposats pel mètode de Moiré; el primer FBG amb chirp sintonitzable es va aconseguir utilitzant un sol pols curt de làser, que va obrir les aplicacions basades en FBG amb chirp en POF; també es va proposar un nou mètode amb gradients tèrmics per a obtindre FBG en POF basat en FBG uniformes, i es va demostrar com la forma més convenient publicada fins hui per a aconseguir FBG POF estimulada; i, finalment, també s'han aconseguit xarxes de llarg període utilitzant un procés de fabricació de curt temps, especialment en comparació amb investigacions anteriors. Finalment, sobre la base dels dispositius de xarxes de difracció obtinguts al llarg d'aquest treball, s'han proposat diverses aplicacions potencials en aquesta tesi. De manera similar que per als FBG amb silici, el FBG amb chirp en POF té moltes aplicacions potencials en comunicacions òptiques i a l¿àrea de sensors. Aquest document descriu l'aplicació de detecció de tensió basada en FBG amb chirp sintonitzable en POF; a més, l'aplicació de detecció tèrmica en sistemes biomèdics; i el potencial dels dispositius de dispersió sintonitzables en les comunicacions òptiques, com per eixample a la compensació de dispersió o a la fotònica de microones. / [EN] With the continuing development of material and fabrication technologies over the last three decades, the transmission attenuation of polymer optical fibers (POF) has been greatly decreased. POFs are advantageous for home networks as well as storage interconnections and have significant advantages for many sensing applications, including high elastic strain limits, high fracture toughness, high flexibility in bending, high sensitivity to strain and potential negative thermo-optic coefficients. This thesis improved the laser irradiation technology for POF and investigated special grating devices in POF for optical communication, microware photonics and sensing. In particular, we developed fast POF grating fabrication technology with a detailed study and optimization of the polymer optical fiber Bragg grating (POFBG) fabrication parameters. Highlights of the results include an 8 dB uniform POFBG with one single Nd:YAG (266nm) laser pulse (8 ns) based on BDK doped fiber, which is the shortest time ever reported for POFBG fabrication. The irradiation of polymer optical fibers using different materials under 248 nm KrF laser system allowed to demonstrate a better performance compared with 325 nm Kimmon laser system. Furthermore, uniform FBGs in step-index TS doped POF were achieved with less than 1 second by means of controlling pulse repetition and low pulse energy. Finally, the study of low UV pulse power irradiation for fabricating stable gratings allowed to save energy in the POF grating fabrication process, as one of the main goals for mass production. Based on the improved fabrication technology, we focused on the fabrication of different grating structures: a phase-shifted FBG was fabricated by using two 15 ns 248 nm KrF pulses overlapped by Moiré method; the first tunable chirped FBG was achieved by using a single laser short pulse, which opened the applications based on chirped POF BGs; also a novel thermal annealing method was proposed to obtain chirped POFBGs based on uniform FBGs, and proved as the ever published most convenient way to achieve chirped POFBG; and finally, long period gratings have been also achieved by using a short time fabrication process, specially when compared with previous research. Finally, based on the grating devices obtained throughout this work, several potential applications have been proposed in this thesis. Similarly, to silica chirped FBG, chirped FBG in POF have many potential applications in optical communications and sensing area. This document described the potential strain sensing application based on tunable chirped POFBG; also, the thermal detection application in bio-medical systems; and the potential of tunable dispersion devices in optical communications, i.e., dispersion compensation or microwave photonics. / Min, R. (2019). Polymer optical fiber gratings for microwave photonics and communications application [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/125473 / Compendio

Interferometric optical fiber sensors have proved many orders of magnitude more sensitive than their electrical counterparts, but they suffer from limitations in signal demodulation caused by phase ambiguity and complex fringe counting when the output phase difference exceeds one fringe period. Various signal demodulation methods have been developed to overcome some of the these drawbacks with limited success. This thesis proposes a new measurement system for the extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) sensor. Using a wavelength modulated source and a novel extended-gap EFPI, some of the limitations of interferometric signal demodulation are overcome. By scanning the output wavelength of a multilongitudinal mode laser diode through current modulation, the EFPI sensor signal is scanned through multiple fringes. Gap movement is then unambiguously determined by monitoring the phase of the multiple fringe pattern. / Master of Science

A slab-coupled optical fiber sensor (SCOS) falls into a narrow class of all-dielectric optical fiber electric field sensors, which makes it a perfect candidate for measurements of high electric fields in environments where presence of conductors is highly perturbing to the system under test. Its nonlinear response to high fields requires a new nonlinear calibration technique. A nonlinear calibration method is explained and demonstrated to successfully measure high electric fields, as well as high voltages with dynamic range up to 50 dB. Furthermore, a SCOS can be fitted into narrow spaces and make highly localized measurements due to its small size. This allows a SCOS to be integrated inside a standard high voltage coaxial cable, such as RG-218. Effects of partial discharge and arcing is minimized by development of a fabrication method to avoid introduction of impurities, especially air-bubbles, into the cable during SCOS insertion. Low perturbation of the measured voltage is shown by simulating the introduced voltage reflections to be on the order of –50 dB. It is also shown that a SCOS can be inserted into other cables without significant perturbation to the voltage. A complete high voltage and high electric field measurement system is built based on the high-voltage modifications of the SCOS technology. The coaxial SCOS is enhanced for robustness. Enhancements include packaging a SCOS into stronger ceramic trough, strengthening the fiber with kevlar reinforced furcation tubing and protecting the sensor with metal braces and protective shells. The interrogator is protected from electromagnetic interference with an RF-shielded box. Reduction in power losses introduced by the new PANDA-SCOS technology allows interrogator bandwidths to be increased up to 1.2 GHz. The whole measurement process is streamlined with dedicated software, developed specifically for high voltage and electric field measurements with support for the nonlinear calibration.

A slab-coupled optical fiber sensor (SCOS) falls into a narrow class of all-dielectric optical fiber electric field sensors, which makes it a perfect candidate for measurements of high electric fields in environments where presence of conductors is highly perturbing to the system under test. Its nonlinear response to high fields requires a new nonlinear calibration technique. A nonlinear calibration method is explained and demonstrated to successfully measure high electric fields, as well as high voltages with dynamic range up to 50 dB. Furthermore, a SCOS can be fitted into narrow spaces and make highly localized measurements due to its small size. This allows a SCOS to be integrated inside a standard high voltage coaxial cable, such as RG-218. Effects of partial discharge and arcing is minimized by development of a fabrication method to avoid introduction of impurities, especially air-bubbles, into the cable during SCOS insertion. Low perturbation of the measured voltage is shown by simulating the introduced voltage reflections to be on the order of −50 dB. It is also shown that a SCOS can be inserted into other cables without significant perturbation to the voltage.A complete high voltage and high electric field measurement system is built based on the high-voltage modifications of the SCOS technology. The coaxial SCOS is enhanced for robustness. Enhancements include packaging a SCOS into stronger ceramic trough, strengthening the fiber with kevlar reinforced furcation tubing and protecting the sensor with metal braces and protective shells. The interrogator is protected from electromagnetic interference with an RF-shielded box. Reduction in power losses introduced by the new PANDA-SCOS technology allows interrogator bandwidths to be increased up to 1.2 GHz. The whole measurement process is streamlined with dedicated software, developed specifically for high voltage and electric field measurements with support for the nonlinear calibration.

La majeure partie des fibres optiques utilisées dans les domaines des sources optiques et des capteurs sont dites 'fonctionnalisées', c'est à dire qu'elles possèdent des propriétés nouvelles, de par leur nature et/ou leur structure, par rapport aux fibres standards. Pour ce faire, nous allons exploiter la technologie 'Poudre' pour la réalisation de fibres optiques utilisant les propriétés de matrices vitreuses originales développées lors de cette thèse. Trois familles de fibres seront étudier afin de démontrer le fort potentiel de cette association, matériaux – technologie. La première exploitera la structuration de la gaine optique à l'aide de deux barreaux de verre vitreux (type Panda), dopés ou non à l'aide d'oxyde de cuivre. L'étude de cette fibre sera faite depuis la synthèse du matériau jusqu'au test de cette fibre en tant que capteur. La seconde fibre nous amènera à concevoir un verre optique inédit à ce jour, à définir la composition optimale et la décliner sous forme d'une fibre optique incluant ce verre pour le cœur. Enfin le procédé de fabrication de fibres optiques sera utilisé pour réaliser de premières fibres optiques à cœur vitrocéramique, c'est à dire partant d'une matrice vitreuse spécialement développée pour cette application arriver à faire croitre les nanostructures dans le cœur de la fibre et obtenir ainsi une famille de fibre inédite. / The main part of optical fibers used in the fields of optical sources and sensors are called 'functionalised', i.e. they have new properties, due to their nature and/or structure, compared to standard fibers. To do this, we will use 'Powder' technology for the realization of optical fiber using properties of original vitreous glasses developed during this thesis. Three families of optical fibers will be studied in order to demonstrate the great potential of this association, materials - technology. The first exploit the structuring of the cladding with two vitreous glass rods (Panda type) doped or not with copper oxide. The study of this fiber is done from the synthesis of the material up to the test of this fiber as a sensor. The second fiber leads us to design a novel optical glass matrix, to define the optimal composition and decline form of an optical fiber including the glass for the core. Finally, the optical fiber manufacturing process is used to produce optical fiber with glass-ceramic core, i.e. starting from a vitreous matrix specially developed for this application happen to grow the nano-structures in the core of the fiber and obtain a novel fiber family.

Ce travail de thèse a permis de montrer que la résolution latérale de gravure de lasers proches infrarouges nanosecondes pouvait être réduite en faisant passer le faisceau à travers des microbilles de verre ou des fibres de silice à embouts façonnés de telle manière à générer des jets photoniques. Sur du silicium la taille de gravure peut être réduite d’un facteur 44 comparée à celle d’une gravure directe sans jet photonique. Les densités de puissances atteintes permettent même d’envisager de graver le verre avec ce type de laser malgré sa très faible absorption à ces longueurs d’onde. Pour la première fois nous avons montré la possibilité d’obtenir des jets photoniques en sortie de fibre optique à embout façonné. Nous avons montré leur capacité à graver le silicium à l’échelle du micron et ce avec un laser proche infrarouge nanoseconde. La possible utilisation de fibres optiques est une condition clairement décisive à la réalisation d’un réel procédé laser capable de graver des motifs complexes et de façon répétée. / This work has shown that the lateral resolution etching using near infrared lasers nanoseconds could be reduced by passing the beam through a glass microsphere or a silica fibers with spheroid shape in such a way to generate photonic jets. Etching on silicon size with a glass microsphere can be reduced by a factor of 44 compared to that of a direct etching without photonic jet. Powers reached densities allow even consider burning the glass with this type of laser, despite its very low absorption at these wavelengths. For the first time we have shown the possibility of obtaining photonic jets coming-out of a spheroid-tip of fiber optic. We also have shown the ability to etch silicon at the micron scale using the near infrared nanosecond laser. The possible use of optical fibers is clearly a decisive condition for the realization of a laser capable of etching process real intricate designs and repeatedly.

Ce mémoire de thèse s'inscrit dans le contexte du projet FUTUR financé par l'ANR et concernant le développement de Fonctions optiques pour les Transmissions à très haut débit dans le Réseau coeur et porte sur la génération de sources optiques fibrées très hautes cadences et la caractérisation de fibres optiques microstructurées en verre de Chalcogénure. A cet effet, nous étudions les caractéristiques linéaires et non-linéaires au sein de fibres microstructurées en verre de chalcogénures conçue et réaliser via différentes collaborations dans le cadre du projet de l'ANR FUTUR. Pour cela un grand nombre de méthodes de caractérisations ont été mises au point donnant une comparaison entre une fibre SMF standard et ces fibres microstructurées chalcogénures. Par exemple, un montage interférométrique pour la mesure de la dispersion chromatique pour échantillon court, ou encore de nombreux banc expérimentaux permettant la caractérisation des propriétés non-linéaires de ces fibres (diffusion Raman, diffusion Brillouin, Coefficient non linéaire Kerr...). La seconde partie de ce mémoire présente la mise au point de méthode de conversion d'un battement sinusoïdal en un train d'impulsions hautement cadencé. Il est montré dans ce manuscrit que cette technique a été exploitée au plus prêt de ses limites, par l'obtention d'impulsions extrêmement courtes et par des débits très élevés. Les trains d'impulsions à très hautes cadences ont été caractérisés par un dispositif expérimental SHG-FROG. Une démonstration de la multiplication du débit par deux a été démontrée par l'effet Talbot. / This memory of thesis s' registered voter in the context of the FUTUR project financed by l'ANR and concerning the development of optical finctions fot the high bit-rate transmissions in the Network heart and carries on very high rates optical fibers sources generation and the optical chalcogenide microstructured fiber charaterization. For this purpose, we study the linear and non-linear characteristics of microstructured chalcogenide fibers conceived and realized in various collaborations within the framework of the ANR FUTUR project. For that a great number of characterizations methods were developed giving a comparison between a standard single mode fiber and there microstructured chalcogenide fibers. For exemple, an interferometric setup for the chromatic dispersion measurement for short sample, or many experimental setup allowing the nonlinear properties characterizations as of these fibers (Raman scattering, nonlinear Kerr Coefficient). The second part of this memory presents the settling of sinusoidal beat conversion into a high bit rate generation method. It is shown in this manuscript that this technique was exploited with readiest of its limits, by obtaining extremely short pulses and by very high bit-rate. The pulses train at very high rates were characterized by an experimental device SHG-FROG. A demonstration of the multiplication of the bit-rate by two at summer shown by Talbot effect.

The diploma thesis focuses on optical fiber sensors with detailed preview of the turbidity sensor, its design and testing. The introduction deals with the general theory of fiber sensors and measurement methodology of physical variables. This part is followed by a charter focusing on the possible ways of measuring turbidity. Furthermore, the diploma thesis introduces design of the new turbidity sensor which is realized with consideration of the industrial usage and future application to the automated process of beer production. It also includes a detailed description of the hardware and software sensors created within this thesis. The last section is devoted to a calibration and testing functionality of turbidity sensor.

<p>U ovoj doktorskoj disertaciji je razvijen elektronski senzorski sistem za merenje deformacija pri savijanju pomoću polimernog optičkog vlakna sa osetljivom zonom. Opisana je metoda izrade fiber-optičkog senzora zakrivljenosti pomoću polimernog optičkog vlakna. Izvršena je simulacija ponašanja senzora i urađena je karakterizacija senzora. Ispitana je mogućnost primene elektronskog senzorskog sistema za detekciju savijanja i loma građevinskih struktura. Pomoću istog senzora je realizovan fiber-optički goniometar za merenje ugla savijanja ljudskog kolena koji karakterišu linearni odziv u opsegu uglova od -45&deg; do 25&deg;, rezolucija od 1&deg; i osetljivost od 20 mV/&deg;. U tezi je takođe data metoda eliminacije grešaka koje mogu nastati usled savijanja delova vlakna koji vode do i od osetljive zone.</p> / <p>In this thesis, an electronic system for measurement of bend-induced<br />deformations by using polymer optical fiber with sensitive zone is developed.<br />A method for fabrication of the fiber-optic curvature sensor by using polymer<br />optical fiber is described. The simulation and characterization of the sensor<br />behavior have been conducted. The possibility of application of the proposed<br />electronic system in structural health monitoring for bending and crack<br />detection of civil engineering structures is investigated. Also, a fiber-optic<br />goniometer for human joint movement monitoring characterized by a linear<br />response in the range from -45&deg; to 25&deg;, resolution of 1&deg;, and the sensitivity of<br />20 mV/&deg; is implemented. A method for the elimination of errors which may be<br />caused due to bending of lead-in and lead-out sections of the fiber (leading<br />to and from the sensitive zone) is also described.</p>