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Abstract
The performance of sensors, including optical fiber sensors, is commonly limited by the tradeoff between a large dynamic range and a high resolution. In this Letter, in order to optimize both, we propose an inline multimode interferometer sensor based on a suspended-core microstructured optical fiber. Due to the existence of multiple pairs of mode interferences, the transmission spectrum of the interferometer consists of dense fringes modulated by a lower envelope. Since these mode interferences take place in the uniform material with the same length, the dense fringes and the lower envelope have an identical sensing response without crosstalk. Hence, the sensor integrates the large dynamic range of the lower envelope and the high resolution of the dense fringes. Strain-sensing performance is investigated to validate the characteristic of the large dynamic range and the high resolution of the proposed sensor. The dynamic range, theoretically 0–9200 µɛ, is 12 times larger than for the dense fringes, and the resolution is 17.5 times higher than for the lower envelope.
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