Abstract

Conventional grating-inscription technology usually inscribes only one fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in the core of an optical fiber. A novel femtosecond laser point-by-point technology was demonstrated to parallel-inscribe multiple FBGs, i.e., so-called parallel-integrated FBGs (PI-FBGs), with either different or the same reflection wavelengths in the core of a standard single-mode fiber. Single- or multiwavelength PI-FBGs exhibited one or multiple peaks in the reflection spectrum, respectively. The length of PI-FBGs can be shortened to hundreds of micrometers to increase the spatial resolution of the FBG-based sensors. Our ultrashort PI-FBGs with a length of 500 μm could be used to realize ultrahigh temperature sensing with a high spatial resolution of less than 1 mm, a linear sensitivity of 15.0 pm/°C, and a large measurement range of up to 1100 °C, which overcomes the shortcomings of conventional FBG-based sensors with a low spatial resolution of more than 1 cm and a small measurement range of up to 300 °C. Moreover, the grating parameters, such as reflectivity, reflection wavelength, polarization-dependent loss, and full width at half maximum, can be improved to achieve desired PI-FBGs by changing the spatial distribution and grating number of the PI-FBGs. The PI-FBGs are insensitive to bending, which reduces bend-induced measurement errors. Therefore, our PI-FBGs will find potential applications in the fields of optical fiber sensors, communications, and lasers.

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