Compressible fiber optic micro-Fabry-Pérot cavity with ultra-high pressure sensitivity

Opt Express. 2013 Jun 17;21(12):14084-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.014084.

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a pressure sensor based on a micro air bubble at the end facet of a single mode fiber fusion spliced with a silica tube. When immersed into the liquid such as water, the air bubble essentially acts as a Fabry-Pérot interferometer cavity. Such a cavity can be compressed by the environmental pressure and the sensitivity obtained is >1000 nm/kPa, at least one order of magnitude higher than that of the diaphragm-based fiber-tip sensors reported so far. The compressible Fabry-Pérot interferometer cavity developed is expected to have potential applications in highly sensitive pressure and/or acoustic sensing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Compressive Strength
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Miniaturization
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Transducers, Pressure*