Abstract
We presented a hybrid sapphire dual-Fabry—Perot- cavities sensor for high temperature and refractive index measurement. A double-sided polished sapphire solid wafer is connected in series with a double-sided parallel sapphire C-ring and a single-sided polished sapphire mirror to form the hybrid Fabry—Perot interferometer. The double-sided polished sapphire solid wafer acts as the first Fabry—Perot cavity for temperature sensing, and the sapphire hollow C-ring cavity constitutes the second Fabry—Perot cavity for measuring the refractive index of external environment medium. The single-sided polished sapphire mirror serves as the most distal reflector. Heterogeneous fiber splicing between sapphire fiber and multimode silica fiber is realized to achieve long-distance transmission of interference signals. A series of high temperature measurement experiments range of room temperature to 1080 °C in an air environment and refractive index measurement experiments in a liquid environment were carried out. Based on the changing rates of corresponding Fabry—Perot cavity optical path difference against refractive index and temperature, we calculated the sensitivities of the sensor. The refractive index and temperature sensitivities were 2.0659 × 105 nm/RIU in the RI range of 1.3330∼1.3741 and 7.837 nm/ °C at 1080 °C.
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