An optimized strain demodulation method based on dynamic double matched fiber Bragg grating filtering

An optimized strain demodulation method based on dynamic double matched fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filtering driven by a piezoelectric transducer (PZT) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Using an optimized triangular waveform to drive PZT, the nonlinear effect is eliminated, and extraction and processing of the peak signals are more convenient. Furthermore, taking advantage of double matched-FBGs and strain amplification structure to demodulate the Bragg wavelength, the wavelength scanning range can be extended to 6.3 nm, so that a large-scale and high-precision strain measurement can be achieved. The experimental results show that in the strain range of 0–3800με, the linearity of the relationship between strain and scanning time-difference is greater than 99.8%, and the stability of repeated measurements is up to 99.5%. This demodulation method can be widely applied in the FBG measurement system.

Research Highlights
► Bragg wavelength is transformed to time-difference signal to demodulate.
► Demodulation range is extended by using dynamic double matched-FBGs.
► Nonlinear effect caused by the PZT is eliminated by using optimized triangular waveform.