A vibration sensor, using telecommunication grade monomode fiber, immune to temperature variations

F. Pigeon; S. Pelissier; A. Mure-Ravaud; H. Gagnaire; , S. I. Hosain; C. Veillas

doi:doi:10.1051/jp3:1993243

Numéro		J. Phys. III France Volume 3, Numéro 9, September 1993


Page(s)		1835 - 1838
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp3:1993243

DOI: 10.1051/jp3:1993243
J. Phys. III France 3 (1993) 1835-1838

A vibration sensor, using telecommunication grade monomode fiber, immune to temperature variations

F. Pigeon, S. Pelissier, A. Mure-Ravaud, H. Gagnaire, , S. I. Hosain and C. Veillas

Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et Instrumentation, U.A. CNRS 842, Faculté des Sciences, 23 rue du Docteur Paul Michelon, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France

(Received 14 June 1993, accepted 4 August 1993)

Abstract
A polarimetric fiber-optic vibration sensor immune to temperature variations is realized by forming coils using a standard single-mode fiber. The phase drift due to the linear birefringence changes induced by a modification of the environmental temperature is balanced by a feedback compression of a non vibrating coil. Experimental results show that without the feedback system the sensitivity to temperature is equal to 2%/°C. The compensated device has a maximum 10% relative variation of the output signal over a 30-55 °C range. This method is easy to implement on polarimetric sensors over any range of temperature.