CN1523335A - Optical fiber connector end surface parameter metering equipment - Google Patents

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CN1523335A
CN1523335A CNA031508251A CN03150825A CN1523335A CN 1523335 A CN1523335 A CN 1523335A CN A031508251 A CNA031508251 A CN A031508251A CN 03150825 A CN03150825 A CN 03150825A CN 1523335 A CN1523335 A CN 1523335A
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The invention is an optical-fiber linker end-surface parameter testing device, adopting a Twyman-Green nterferometer structure; adopting equal-step phase shift referring to optical planar reflector. It has simple layout, reasonable structure and high measurement precision.

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The end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device
Technical field:
The present invention relates to the joints of optical fibre, particularly a kind of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device.
Background technology:
The joints of optical fibre are one of base components most widely used in optical communication, Fibre Optical Sensor and other fiber optic applications field.The end face quality of the joints of optical fibre has determined it to insert the quality of technical features such as loss, return loss, repeatability and interchangeability.Therefore, detection and the control to the end surface of optical fiber connector geometric parameter is very necessary.The end surface of optical fiber connector geometric parameter mainly contains radius-of-curvature, sphere summit offset and optical fiber relative height.At present, in many manufacturers, examination and test of products personnel typically use the end face of the magnifier Direct observation joints of optical fibre, and this can only understand the surface appearance such as smooth finish, cut of end face roughly; Perhaps use interference microscope, infer the surface configuration and the radius-of-curvature of end face according to interference fringe, its precision is low, and error is big, and can't provide key technical index such as sphere summit offset, optical fiber relative height and end face roughness.Utilize the three-dimensional appearance measuring technology, can measure all parameters of end surface of optical fiber connector.End surface of optical fiber connector is level and smooth optical surface, therefore, can utilize phase shift interference technology (Phase-shifting Interferometery) to come the three-dimensional appearance of measuring optical fiber connector ends, thereby obtains the geometric parameter of end face.This measuring technique has the precision height, non-contacting characteristics.
Formerly technology [1] (Lin Min, Huang Jianjun, the Li Jing town, " end surface of optical fiber connector interference testing system ", the laser magazine, 21 (1), 2000,33-34) adopt interference microscope to realize the measurement of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter in conjunction with phase-shifting technique.The structure of this test macro as shown in Figure 1.The monochromatic light that light source 1 sends is divided into two bundles by colimated light system 2 beam-expanding collimations through spectroscope 3.A branch of light shines on the end face of the joints of optical fibre 5 after by microcobjective 4, and its reflected light is gathered into picture by microcobjective 4.Another Shu Guang shines on the plane mirror 7 after by microcobjective 6, and its reflected light is gathered into picture as with reference to signal by microcobjective 6, produces with the end face picture of the joints of optical fibre 5 and interferes.Interference pattern, is gathered by computing machine 11 behind analog to digital converter 10 on CCD9 through zoom system, pancreatic system 8 amplification imagings again.Plane mirror 7 is bonded on the piezoelectric ceramics 13, and computing machine 11 comes drive pressure electroceramics 13 flexible by control Driver Circuit 12, thereby plane mirror 7 is moved, and realizes the phase shift of reference light.
Formerly technology [1] adopts the fixed step size phase-shifting technique, that is: computing machine 11 comes 13 steppings of drive pressure electroceramics flexible by control Driver Circuit 12, and each stepping all makes reference light phase shift pi/2, and stepping is four times continuously, gathers corresponding interference pattern successively.The interference signal that receives on its photodetector 9 is:
I i(t)=I 0(x, y) 1+ γ (x, y) cos[φ (x, y)+α i], i=1 is in 2,3,4 (1) formulas: I 0(x y) is the background light intensity, and (x y) is fringe contrast to γ, and (x y) is the phasic difference of end face each point to be measured, α to φ iBe the phase-shift phase of reference light, be followed successively by 0, pi/2, π, 3 pi/2s.Light distribution I according to four width of cloth interferograms i, the phasic difference of each point can be tried to achieve by following formula on the end face,
tan φ ( x , y ) = ( I 4 - I 2 ) ( I 1 - I 3 ) - - - ( 2 )
After the continuous phase processing, according to formula
h ( x , y ) = λ 4 π φ ( x , y ) - - - ( 3 )
(x y), obtains the three-dimensional appearance of tested optical fiber connector ends, thereby can obtain the various geometric parameters of end face can to calculate the relative height difference h of each point.
Formerly technology [1] uses the phase shift interference technology to realize the test of end surface of optical fiber connector geometric parameter.Yet some defectives that this test macro exists have but weakened its measuring accuracy.This shows two aspects:
(1), on phase-shifting technique, adopt four step fixed step size phase shift algorithm, it requires the phase-shifter must absolute calibration, phaseshift step size accurately is a pi/2.For the piezoelectric ceramics that has nonlinear effect, realize that this operation is difficult; And inaccurate demarcation can cause measuring error.
(2), what adopt on light channel structure is the Michelson interferometer, reference arm and gage beam require symmetry, overlap with the reference surface mirror image with the end face picture that guarantees the joints of optical fibre, cause adjustment difficult, poor anti jamming capability.In reference arm, the optical quality of microcobjective 6 requires high: anaberration, surface plating high antireflection film; Also require very high with the axial adjustment precision.In addition, collimated light beam no longer remains collimated light waves by after the microcobjective, and has become spherical light wave.This just makes when per step phase shift in the reference light on the plane vertical with optical axis the amount of phase shift of each point, and each is unequal, thereby causes the measuring error of face shape.And in gage beam, owing to be spherical light wave lighting fiber connector ends, (x y) occurs than large deviation this difference in height h that just causes utilizing formula (3) to calculate.
Summary of the invention:
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is to overcome above-mentioned technology formerly [1] aspect phase-shifting technique and the defective of light channel structure aspect, and a kind of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device is provided.
Technical solution of the present invention is as follows:
A kind of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device is characterized in that:
This proving installation adopts Tai Man-Green's interferometer structure;
The reference light plane mirror such as takes at the step-length phase shift.
End surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device of the present invention, it is characterized in that it is made of light source, beam-expanding collimation system, beam splitter, optical system, plane mirror, lens, photodetector, analog to digital converter, computing machine, driving circuit, piezoelectric ceramics, above-mentioned each position component relation is as follows: the laser that light source sends forms collimated light beam through beam-expanding collimation system, be divided into two-beam by beam splitter, on the end face of a branch of light through shining the joints of optical fibre after the optical system, its end face reflection light is collected the end face of the formation joints of optical fibre as light beam through optical system again; Another Shu Guangzhao is mapped on the plane mirror, its reflected light is as the reference light beam, produce interference with the end face of the joints of optical fibre as light beam, interference pattern through the lens amplification imaging on photodetector, its output signal is through behind the analog to digital converter, collect by computing machine, the stepping phase shifter is made of piezoelectric ceramics and driving circuit thereof, plane mirror is bonded on the piezoelectric ceramics, computing machine comes the drive pressure electroceramics flexible by control Driver Circuit, thereby plane mirror is moved, realize the phase shift of reference light.
Described light source is single longitudinal mode laser, semiconductor laser, solid state laser or the gas laser of frequency stabilization.
Described beam-expanding collimation system is the structure beam-expanding collimation system of looking in the distance, or optical fiber-lens arrangement beam-expanding collimation system, or prism-lens arrangement beam-expanding collimation system.
Described beam splitter refers to and incident laser can be divided into the beam splitter of two-beam by certain splitting ratio, is coated with spectro-film as the inclined-plane, and the right angle face is coated with the Amici prism of full-trans-parent film, or one side is coated with the parallel flat that the spectro-film another side is coated with full-trans-parent film.
Said optical system refers to the incident collimated light to be contracted by certain multiple restraints thin collimated light, and the optical system of certain imaging amplifying power is arranged, as the structural system of looking in the distance.
Said photodetector is the two-dimensional detector that light signal can be converted to electric signal, as the two-dimensional array charge-coupled device (CCD), or complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) (CMOS) detector.
Advantage of the present invention:
1, compares with technology [1] formerly, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device of the present invention adopts step-length phase shift algorithm such as Carr é on phase-shifting technique, reduced the requirement that piezoelectric ceramics is accurately demarcated, the phase measurement error of having avoided the absolute calibration's error because of piezoelectric ceramics to cause.
2, compare with technology [1] formerly, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device of the present invention adopts the Twyman-Green interferometer on light channel structure, layout is simple, rational in infrastructure, owing to do not adopt microcobjective 6, thereby reduced the adjustment difficulty, also reduced the cost of device.In reference arm owing to there is not other optical element, guaranteed the collimation property of reference light, thereby guaranteed when per step phase shift in the reference light with the vertical plane of optical axis on the amount of phase shift of each point keep equating.In gage beam, owing to be collimated light waves lighting fiber connector ends, thereby employing formula (3) computed altitude difference h (x, accuracy y) guaranteed.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of technology end surface of optical fiber connector interference testing system formerly.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the specific embodiment structural representation of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device of the present invention.
Fig. 4 end surface of optical fiber connector three-dimensional appearance figure that the specific embodiment of the invention as shown in Figure 3 records that serves as reasons.
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The present invention adopts the Twyman-Green interferometer structure, as shown in Figure 2.Gage beam and reference arm needn't symmetries.In gage beam, a branch of light of beam splitter 3 outgoing becomes a branch of thinner collimated light after optical system 4, is radiated at then on the end face of the joints of optical fibre 5, and its reflected light is collected by optical system 4 again, forms the end face picture of the joints of optical fibre 5 before lens 7.In reference arm, another bundle light direct irradiation of beam splitter 3 outgoing is on plane mirror 6, and its reflected light also remains collimated light, it through beam splitter 3 after as the generation interference that looks like to meet of the end face of reference light and the joints of optical fibre 5.On photodetector 8 photosurfaces, collected by computing machine 10 through behind the analog to digital converter 9 by its output signal through lens 7 amplification imagings for interference pattern.
The present invention adopts step-length phase-shifting technique (P.Carr é such as Carr é, " Installation et utilisationdu comparateur photo é lectrique et interf é rentiel du Bureau Internationaldes Poids et Mesures; " Metrologia, 2 (1), 1966,13-23), its advantage is the definite numerical value that does not need to know the each stepping phase-shift phase of phase shifter, only needs to guarantee that step-length equates to get final product.Computing machine 10 comes step-length stepping such as drive pressure electroceramics 12 flexible by control Driver Circuit 11, realize reference light etc. the step-length phase shift.Stepping is four times continuously, gathers corresponding interference pattern successively.The interference signal that receives on the photodetector 8 is still represented suc as formula (1).Phase-shift phase α wherein i, be followed successively by 0, a, 2a, 3a.Light distribution I according to four width of cloth interferograms i, the phasic difference of each point is tried to achieve by following formula on the end face,
tan φ ( x , y ) = [ 3 ( I 2 - I 3 ) - ( I 1 - I 1 ) ] [ ( I 2 - I 3 ) + ( I 1 - I 4 ) ] ( I 2 + I 3 ) - ( I 1 + I 4 ) - - - ( 4 )
After the continuous phase processing, (x y) is still calculated by formula (3) the difference in height h of each point, thereby obtains the three-dimensional appearance of tested optical fiber connector ends, just can obtain the various geometric parameters of end face thus.
In structure as shown in Figure 3, it is the He-Ne single longitudinal mode laser of 632.8nm that light source 1 adopts wavelength.Lens 2a, 2b constitute the structure beam-expanding collimation system 2 of looking in the distance.Beam splitter 3 is laser beam splitter prisms of making at the 632.8nm wavelength, and splitting ratio is 1: 1.Lens 4a, 4b constitute the structural type optical system 4 of looking in the distance, and both focal distance ratios are 3.Become thinner collimated light behind a branch of smooth scioptics 4a, the 4b from beam splitter 3, it is radiated on the end face of testing fiber connector 5.This end face reflection light is collected through 4a, 4b again, the end face picture of the joints of optical fibre 5 that form between beam splitter 3 and lens 7.Another bundle light direct irradiation of beam splitter 3 is on plane mirror 6, and its flatness is λ/20, is bonded on the piezoelectric ceramics 12.The reflected light of plane mirror 6 is interfered with the end face picture generation of the joints of optical fibre 5 as reference light.On area array CCD 8, collected by computing machine 10 through behind the analog to digital converter 9 by its output signal through lens 7 amplification imagings for interference pattern.Computing machine 10 control Driver Circuit 11 produce driving DC voltage, its ripple voltage<10mV; This driving voltage control piezoelectric ceramics 12 drives step-length such as plane mirrors 6 work and moves, the realization reference light etc. the step-length phase shift.Stepping is four times continuously, behind the corresponding interference signal of computer acquisition, is handled by computing machine 10.According to formula (4) and formula (3), can be regarded as out the end face pattern of the joints of optical fibre, the result is as shown in Figure 4.Thus, can be in the hope of the geometric parameter of end surface of optical fiber connector: radius-of-curvature 19mm, measuring accuracy (Rep.)≤0.5%; Sphere summit offset 23um, measuring accuracy (Rep.) 1um, and optical fiber relative height-75nm, measuring accuracy (Rep.)≤10nm.

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1, a kind of end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device is characterized in that:
1. this proving installation adopts Tai Man-Green's interferometer structure;
2. the reference light plane mirror such as takes at the step-length phase shift.
2, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that it is by light source (1), beam-expanding collimation system (2), beam splitter (3), optical system (4), plane mirror (6), lens (7), photodetector (8), analog to digital converter (9), computing machine (10), driving circuit (11), piezoelectric ceramics (12) constitutes, above-mentioned each position component relation is as follows: the laser that light source (1) sends forms collimated light beam through beam-expanding collimation system (2), be divided into two-beam by beam splitter (3), a branch of light shines on the end face of the joints of optical fibre (5) after optical system (4), and its end face reflection light is collected the end face of the formation joints of optical fibre (5) as light beam through optical system (4) again; Another Shu Guangzhao is mapped on the plane mirror (6), its reflected light is as the reference light beam, produce interference with the end face of the joints of optical fibre (5) as light beam, interference pattern through lens (7) amplification imaging on photodetector (8), behind its output signal process analog to digital converter (9), collect by computing machine (10), the stepping phase shifter is made of piezoelectric ceramics (12) and driving circuit (11) thereof, plane mirror (6) is bonded on the piezoelectric ceramics (12), computing machine (10) comes drive pressure electroceramics (12) flexible by control Driver Circuit (11), thereby plane mirror (6) is moved, realize the phase shift of reference light.
3, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device according to claim 2 is characterized in that described light source (1) is single longitudinal mode laser, semiconductor laser, solid state laser or the gas laser of frequency stabilization.
4, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that described beam-expanding collimation system (2) is the structure beam-expanding collimation system of looking in the distance, or optical fiber-lens arrangement beam-expanding collimation system, or prism-lens arrangement beam-expanding collimation system.
5, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that described beam splitter (3) refers to the beam splitter that incident laser can be divided into two-beam by certain splitting ratio, be coated with spectro-film as the inclined-plane, the right angle face is coated with the Amici prism of full-trans-parent film, or one side is coated with the parallel flat that the spectro-film another side is coated with full-trans-parent film.
6, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that said optical system (4) refers to the incident collimated light to be contracted by certain multiple restraints thin collimated light, and the optical system of certain imaging amplifying power as the structural system of looking in the distance arranged.
7, end surface of optical fiber connector parameter test device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that said photodetector (8) is the two-dimensional detector that light signal can be converted to electric signal, as the two-dimensional array charge-coupled device (CCD), or complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) (CMOS) detector.
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