Concept and design of an FBG emulator for a scanning laser-based fiber optic interrogator

Nader Kuhenuri; Philipp Putzer; Alexander W. Koch; Johannes Obermaier; Sebastian Schweyer; Andreas Hurni

doi:10.1117/12.2049949

18 June 2014 Concept and design of an FBG emulator for a scanning laser-based fiber optic interrogator

Nader Kuhenuri, Philipp Putzer, Alexander W. Koch, Johannes Obermaier, Sebastian Schweyer, Andreas Hurni

Proceedings Volume 9098, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XI; 90980D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049949
Event: SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The Hybrid Sensor Bus is a space-borne temperature monitoring system for telecommunication satellites com bining electrical and fiber-optical Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors. Currently, there is no method available for testing the functionality and robustness of the system without setting up an actual sensor-network implying numerous FBG sensors in which each has to be heated/cooled individually. As a verification method of the mentioned system, FBG reflection based scanning laser interrogator, an FBG emulator is implemented to emulate the necessary FBG sensors. It is capable of immediate emulation of any given FBG spectrum, thus, any temperature. The concept provides advantages like emulating different kinds of FBGs with any peak shape, variable Bragg-wavelength λB, maximal-reflectivity τ_max, spectral-width and degradation characteristics. Further, it facilitates an efficient evaluation of different interrogator peak-finding algorithms and the capability of emulating up to 10000 sample points per second is achieved. In the present paper, different concepts will be discussed and evaluated yielding to the implementation of a Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) as the main actuator of the emulator. The actuator choice is further restricted since the emulator has to work with light in unknown polarization state. In order to implement a fast opto-ceramic VOA, issues like temperature dependencies, up to 200 V driving input and capacitive load have to be overcome. Furthermore, a self-calibration procedure mitigates problems like attenuation losses and long-term drift.

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Nader Kuhenuri, Philipp Putzer, Alexander W. Koch, Johannes Obermaier, Sebastian Schweyer, and Andreas Hurni "Concept and design of an FBG emulator for a scanning laser-based fiber optic interrogator", Proc. SPIE 9098, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XI, 90980D (18 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049949

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