Fast Interrogation of Fiber Bragg Gratings with Electro-Optical Dual Optical Frequency Combs Articles uri icon

publication date

  • November 2016

start page

  • 1

end page

  • 11

issue

  • 12

volume

  • 16

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1424-3210

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1424-8220

abstract

  • Optical frequency combs (OFC) generated by electro-optic modulation of continuous-wave lasers provide broadband coherent sources with high power per line and independent control of line spacing and the number of lines. In addition to their application in spectroscopy, they offer flexible and optimized sources for the interrogation of other sensors based on wavelength change or wavelength filtering, such as fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. In this paper, a dual-OFC FBG interrogation system based on a single laser and two optical-phase modulators is presented. This architecture allows for the configuration of multimode optical source parameters such as the number of modes and their position within the reflected spectrum of the FBG. A direct read-out is obtained by mapping the optical spectrum onto the radio-frequency spectrum output of the dual-comb. This interrogation scheme is proposed for measuring fast phenomena such as vibrations and ultrasounds.

subjects

  • Electronics
  • Telecommunications

keywords

  • fiber bragg gratings; dual optical frequency comb; sensor interrogation; dynamic measurements; ultrasounds; sensors; spectroscopy