Optical fiber sensor based on a radio frequency Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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Tao Wei1, Jie Huang, Xinwei Lan
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, USA.
Abstract:
This Letter proposes an optical fiber radio frequency (RF) Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) for sensing applications. An RF modulated laser source is injected into an optical fiber RF-MZI and collected by a photodiode. The interference pattern is observed in the RF domain by sweeping the frequency using a network analyzer. The proposed sensor has a linear response to applied temperature change. In addition, the sensitivity, observation frequency range, and the length of the sensing arm are discussed.

