摘要:
An optical fiber having an elliptical lens comprises a main body (10) and two fiber pieces (15, 16) embracing one end of the main fiber body (10) therebetween and extending substantially in parallel with said main fiber body (10). The elliptical lens is formed by fused ends of the main fiber body (10) and the fiber pieces (15, 16). A method of producing an optical fiber having an elliptical lens comprises steps of arranging two fiber pieces (15, 16) substantially in parallel with and on both sides of an optical fiber (10) and adjoining and embracing one end of the optical fiber (10) and heating and fusing ends of the optical fiber (10) and the fiber pieces (15, 16) to form the elliptical lens by the fused portions thereof with the aid of surface tension. Light beams are effectively introduced into the optical fiber through the elliptical lens.
摘要:
A fiber sensor for measuring temperature or strain comprises a first polarization-maintaining fiber (12) and a second polarization-maintaining fiber (16). In case of a temperature fiber sensor, the first and second fibers are selected to be unequal in change in phase difference caused by change in temperature but equal in change in phase difference caused by strain. In case of a strain fiber sensor, the first (12) and second (16 ) fibers are selected to be unequal in change in phase difference caused by strain but equal in change in phase difference caused by change in temperature. Axes of polarization of the first (12) and second (16) fibers ar shifted by 90° at a junction of the fibers. With these arrangement, the temperature fiber sensor can measure the change in temperature with high accuracy without being affected by strain, while the strain fiber sensor can measure the strain with high accuracy without being affected by the change in temperature.
摘要:
An optical fiber having an elliptical lens comprises a main body (10) and two fiber pieces (15, 16) embracing one end of the main fiber body (10) therebetween and extending substantially in parallel with said main fiber body (10). The elliptical lens is formed by fused ends of the main fiber body (10) and the fiber pieces (15, 16). A method of producing an optical fiber having an elliptical lens comprises steps of arranging two fiber pieces (15, 16) substantially in parallel with and on both sides of an optical fiber (10) and adjoining and embracing one end of the optical fiber (10) and heating and fusing ends of the optical fiber (10) and the fiber pieces (15, 16) to form the elliptical lens by the fused portions thereof with the aid of surface tension. Light beams are effectively introduced into the optical fiber through the elliptical lens.
摘要:
A fiber sensor for measuring temperature or strain comprises a first polarization-maintaining fiber (12) and a second polarization-maintaining fiber (16). In case of a temperature fiber sensor, the first and second fibers are selected to be unequal in change in phase difference caused by change in temperature but equal in change in phase difference caused by strain. In case of a strain fiber sensor, the first (12) and second (16 ) fibers are selected to be unequal in change in phase difference caused by strain but equal in change in phase difference caused by change in temperature. Axes of polarization of the first (12) and second (16) fibers ar shifted by 90° at a junction of the fibers. With these arrangement, the temperature fiber sensor can measure the change in temperature with high accuracy without being affected by strain, while the strain fiber sensor can measure the strain with high accuracy without being affected by the change in temperature.