Medição simultânea do índice de refração e da temperatura utilizando redes de Bragg em fibras multimodo

Abstract

In this work the experimental results are presented applying simultaneous refractive index and temperature measures, with an Etched Multimode Fiber Bragg Grating (EMFBGs). After the fiber corrosion, the three remaining propagation modes were used to the work, utilizing variations of the Bragg wavelengths of those modes to find the refractive index and/or temperature. During the experimental procedures the influences of the refractive index variation has on the thermal sensitivity were observed, as well as what the temperature variation causes in the sensitivity of the network to the index of refraction. The device response to the variations of those parameters were approximated by flat surfaces and the cross-sensitivities were used to correct the approximation. The results show that it is possible to determine the refractive index values in a range of 1.33 to 1.45 with an error of the order of 10-3.