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Highly sensitive temperature sensor based on cascaded HiBi-FLMs with the Vernier effect

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We propose and experimentally demonstrate a highly sensitive temperature sensor based on cascaded high birefringence fiber loop mirrors (HiBi-FLMs) with the Vernier effect. The two HiBi-FLMs have almost the same free spectrum range (FSR), which can be regarded as two scales of different periods of an optical Vernier-scale, and act as the fixed part and the sliding part, respectively. A Gauss fitting algorithm is introduced to fit the Vernier spectrum envelope to accurately trace the spectral shift of the envelope. The temperature sensitivity and temperature resolution of the cascaded configuration are much larger than those of the individual HiBi-FLMs due to the Vernier effect. The experimental result shows that the temperature sensitivity of the proposed sensor can be improved from ${-}{1.723}\;{\rm nm}/^\circ {\rm C}$ (single HiBi-FLM) to ${-}{43}\;{\rm nm}/^\circ {\rm C}$ (cascaded configuration) by employing the Vernier effect, and the temperature resolution is enhanced from ${\pm} {0.029}^\circ {\rm C}$ to ${\pm} {0.001162}^\circ {\rm C}$. The amplification factors for temperature sensitivity and temperature resolution are both 24.96, which shows good agreement with the theoretical predictions. The proposed sensor with huge temperature sensitivity, high resolution, and simple configuration may be a promising candidate for some applications that need precise temperature control.

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