Optical fiber detector
[technical field]
The utility model is involved in the optical fiber detection range, is specifically related to the optical fiber detector that a kind of non-contact type is interfered form.
[background technology]
At present optical fiber has been widely used in fields such as communication, sensing, medical treatment, military affairs, increasingly extensive along with fiber optic applications, and (as military, medical treatment) is more and more higher to the quality requirements of optical fiber in some fields.The typical structure of optical fiber is the multilayer coaxial clyinder, generally be divided into three layers, it is followed successively by fibre core, covering and coat from inside to outside: the center is the fibre core (the single mode core diameter is generally 9 μ m) of high index of refraction, the centre is that the covering of low-refraction (diameter is generally 125 μ m), outermost are the coats of strengthening usefulness.The core of optical fiber is fibre core and covering, and wherein, fibre core is made by the material of highly transparent, is the main transmission channel of light wave, and the refractive index of covering is slightly less than fibre core, makes the transmission performance of light relatively stable.The refractive index of the thickness of fibre core, core material and clad material plays decisive influence to the characteristic of optical fiber.Dimensional parameters is the most basic normalizing parameter of optical fiber.Except influential to performances such as the light transmission of optical fiber, machineries, dimensional parameters also plays crucial effects to the size of the junction loss of optical fiber.For example, single fiber continues, and then to require to be connect the fiber core dimensional parameters identical, and the reference that aim at as fibre core with the optical fiber external diameter is so require the external diameter of optical fiber to answer uniformity.
The test of basic parameter is the assurance to the optical fiber cable quality, and is all very important to the manufacturing and the application of optical fiber.At present optical fiber detecting method generally there are magnifier direct observational method, microscopic examination method and laser scanning method.The magnifier observation can only be rough the situations such as smooth finish, cut of understanding fiber end face, be difficult to the geometric parameter of the optical fiber surveyed.The microscopic examination method, though end face situation that can detection fiber when the measuring optical fiber geometric parameter, requires very highly to the cutting of fiber end face and polishing, and this method needs cutting optical fibre, diminishes optical fiber like this.The measuring accuracy height of laser scanning method, but the external diameter that it can only measuring optical fiber, and the inside of very difficult detection fiber defectiveness whether.
[summary of the invention]
Fundamental purpose of the present utility model solves the problems of the prior art exactly, and a kind of noncontact, undamaged optical fiber detector are provided, and can carry out high-resolution detection to the geometric parameter of inside of optical fibre.
For achieving the above object, the utility model provides a kind of optical fiber detector, it is characterized in that, comprise light source assembly, optical splitter, with reference to reflecting module, the sample scan module, photodetector and signal processing analysis device, testing fiber places in the described sample scan module, described optical splitter has input end, reference beam is come in and gone out and is held, sample beam is come in and gone out and is held and the interference light output terminal, described light source assembly is connected with the input end optics of described optical splitter, the reference beam of described optical splitter is come in and gone out to hold and is connected with reference to reflecting module optics with described, the described reference folded light beam that receives reference beam and produce change in optical path length of being used to reference to reflecting module, the sample beam of described optical splitter is come in and gone out to hold and is connected with described sample scan module optics, the sample beam that described sample scan module is used for receiving scans and produces the sample folded light beam to testing fiber, the interference light output terminal of described optical splitter is connected with the input end optics of described photodetector, and the output terminal of described photodetector is electrically coupled to the input end of described signal processing analysis device.
Preferably, the described reference mirror scanister and first drive unit that comprises reference mirror, can move back and forth with reference to reflecting module, described reference mirror is fixed on the described reference mirror scanister, described reference mirror is used for receiving reference beam and producing the reference folded light beam of change in optical path length in the process that moves with described reference mirror scanister, and the clutch end of described first drive unit is coupled to described reference mirror scanister.
Described first drive unit is selected from piezoelectric ceramic devices, motorized precision translation stage, vibrating motor and voice coil motor.
Describedly comprise reference mirror and optical scan vibration lens with reference to reflecting module, described optical scan vibration lens be used to receive reference beam and with its scanning at reference mirror.
Described sample scan module comprises sample fixed station and optical scan vibration lens, and testing fiber places on the described sample fixed station, and described optical scan vibration lens is used to receive sample beam and it is scanned at testing fiber.
Described sample scan module comprises that movably sample is regulated the platform and second drive unit, testing fiber places described sample to regulate on the platform, the clutch end of described second drive unit is coupled to described sample regulates platform, and described sample adjusting platform is used to drive testing fiber makes it accept the scanning of sample beam.
Also comprise condenser and collimating apparatus, come in and go out end and of the reference beam that described condenser is arranged on described optical splitter with reference between the reflecting module, be used for being sent to after the reference beam gathering described with reference to reflecting module, described collimating apparatus is arranged on the sample beam of described optical splitter and comes in and goes out between end and the sample scan module, is sent to described sample scan module after the beam collimation that is used for penetrating from described optical splitter becomes directional light.
Described light source assembly is low relevant super-radiance light emitting diode light source or femto-second laser.
Described optical splitter is the fiber coupler of 50%:50% for dividing optical mode.
The described output terminal that is successively set on described photodetector and amplifying circuit, filtering circuit and the detecting circuit between the described signal processing analysis device input end of also comprising.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:
The utility model will detect light beam by optical splitter and be divided into reference beam and sample beam, by the reference reflecting module, utilize reference beam to produce the reference folded light beam of change in optical path length, by the sample scan module, utilize sample beam to produce testing fiber is scanned the sample folded light beam that the back produces, and further by superposeing at the optical splitter place with reference to folded light beam and sample folded light beam, the two is interfered, again interference signal is for further processing and analyzes, thereby realized non-contact detection to the tested optical fiber geometric parameter, and, compare with scheme in the past, the utility model does not need cutting optical fibre just can carry out high resolution detection to the geometric parameter of its inside, can not cause damage to optical fiber.Simultaneously, the utility model implements simply, easily produces.
[description of drawings]
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of embodiment of the utility model optical fiber detector.
[embodiment]
Feature of the present utility model and advantage will be elaborated in conjunction with the accompanying drawings by embodiment.
As shown in Figure 1, optical fiber detector comprise light source assembly 1, optical splitter 2, with reference to reflecting module, sample scan module, photodetector 5 and signal processing analysis device 6.Wherein, comprise reference mirror 3, reference mirror scanister 9 and first drive unit with reference to reflecting module, sample scan module 10 comprises sample fixed station and optical scan vibration lens.Optical splitter 2 has input end, reference beam discrepancy end, sample beam discrepancy end and interference light output terminal, light source assembly 1 is connected with the input end optics of optical splitter 2, the reference beam discrepancy of optical splitter 2 is held and is connected with reference to reflecting module optics, the sample beam of optical splitter 2 is come in and gone out to hold and is connected with sample scan module 10 optics, the interference light output terminal of optical splitter 2 is connected with the input end optics of photodetector 5, and the output terminal of photodetector 5 is electrically coupled to the input end of signal processing analysis device 6.Further, also be provided with condenser 7 at the reference beam discrepancy end of optical splitter 2 and between with reference to reflecting module, come in and go out in the sample beam of optical splitter 2 and also to be provided with collimating apparatus 8 between end and the sample beam scan module 10, condenser 7 will be sent to reference to reflecting module after the reference beam that optical splitter penetrates is assembled, and collimating apparatus 8 will be sent to the sample scan module after will being collimated into directional light from the sample beam that optical splitter penetrates.
Be used to receive from the reference beam of optical splitter 2 and produce the reference folded light beam of change in optical path length with reference to reflecting module.On the reference mirror scanister 9 that reference mirror 3 is fixed on, the clutch end of first drive unit is coupled to reference mirror scanister 9, reference mirror scanister 9 can be taken reference mirror 3 and move back and forth under the driving of first drive unit, it moves back and forth frequency and can be several hertz to the hundreds of hertz, thereby changes the light path with reference to light path in the reflecting module.Reference mirror 3 can adopt gold-plated catoptron.First drive unit can select for use piezoelectric ceramic devices, motorized precision translation stage, vibrating motor or voice coil motor to drive, and present embodiment preferably adopts motorized precision translation stage.In another kind of embodiment, comprise reference mirror and optical scan vibration lens with reference to reflecting module, utilize the scanning of optical scan vibration lens realization to reference mirror.
Sample scan module 10 is used for receiving the sample beam from optical splitter 2, and testing fiber is scanned and produce the sample folded light beam.Testing fiber 4 places on the sample fixed station of sample scan module, and sample beam is by the also reflection on testing fiber 4 of scanning after the effect of optical scan vibration lens.In another kind of embodiment, sample scan module 10 comprises the sample adjusting platform and second drive unit, and second drive unit can adopt servomotor, and sample is regulated platform and can be adopted optics two-dimensional adjustment frame or other to have the mechanical part of bidimensional regulatory function.Testing fiber places sample to regulate on the platform, and the clutch end of servomotor is coupled to sample regulates platform, and by servomotor, the position of scalable testing fiber 4 on the sample fixed station is to realize scanning.
In the preferred embodiment, light source assembly 1 adopts low-coherence light source, and its coherent length is between 5 microns to 20 microns, for example adopts super-radiance light emitting diode light source or femto-second laser.Coherence time of low-coherence light source is short, make with reference to folded light beam to interfere with the sample folded light beam returned from sample in the coherent length, and coherent length is short more, theoretical resolution height.Optical splitter 2 can adopt the fiber coupler 2 of 50%:50%, also can adopt the fiber coupler of other allocation models according to the requirement of concrete application.Collimating apparatus 8 adopts gradient-index lens.Photodetector 5 adopts the InGaAs photodiode of band prime amplifier, also can adopt avalanche diode or CCD (charge-coupled image sensor) etc.Also be provided with amplifying circuit, filtering circuit and detecting circuit between photodetector 5 and the signal processing analysis device 6, the output terminal of the input termination photodetector 5 of amplifying circuit, the input end of filtering circuit connects amplification circuit output end, the input end of the output termination detecting circuit of filtering circuit, the output terminal of detecting circuit connects the signal processing analysis device.Amplifying circuit adopts operational amplifier to realize that filtering circuit is selected bandpass filter for use, and detecting circuit is selected voltage comparator for use.
Introduce the principle that optical fiber detector detects optical fiber structure below.
Light source assembly 1 sends stable light, enters fiber coupler 2 by optical fiber.Fiber coupler 2 is divided into reference beam and sample beam with the light of strength of stability, and wherein, the reference beam directive is with reference to the reference mirror in the reflecting module 3, the testing fiber 4 in the sample beam directive sample scan module 10.Reference mirror 3 is motion scan under reference mirror scanister 9 drives, thereby produces change in optical path length and reflect the reference folded light beam of modulation.Simultaneously, sample beam scans the testing fiber on the sample fixed station 4 by optical scan vibration lens, and goes out the sample folded light beam from the back-reflection of testing fiber 4 inner different depths.The sample folded light beam of testing fiber 4 and turn back to the stack of fiber coupler 2 places from the reference folded light beam of reference mirror 3, the two interferes and produces interference light signal.This interference light signal receives and converts to the interference light electric signal by photodetector 5 after the output terminal ejaculation of fiber coupler 2.Next, with this interference light electric signal amplify, filtering and detection handle, signal processing analysis device 6 carries out it after analog to digital conversion interference signal being analyzed, obtain the light intensity signal of the vertical degree of depth of one dimension, and further calculate the one-tenth-value thickness 1/10 of fiber core, covering and coat.Behind sample scan module 10 scanning testing fibers 4, can obtain two dimensional optical fiber internal optics slice map intuitively, can calculate core diameter, cladding diameter, the coat diameter of testing fiber according to the data analysis of optical chromatography image.
In sum, can see, the utlity model has following obvious advantage:
1. utilizing optical means to the inside of optical fibre structure imaging, is a kind of noncontact, not damaged, high-resolution method, need not cutting optical fibre during detection fiber.
2. but the geometric configuration of detection fiber each several part comprises fibre core, covering, coat and each layer diameter.
3. can be observed the quality of the inside of optical fiber, as checking defectives such as cut, bubble, dust.
4. be used to constitute all quite ripe, the stable performance of various devices of optical fiber detector,, easily produce, easily use, can realize portable detection so device easily obtains.
Above content be in conjunction with concrete preferred implementation to further describing that the utility model is done, can not assert that concrete enforcement of the present utility model is confined to these explanations.For the utility model person of an ordinary skill in the technical field, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the utility model design, can also make some simple deduction or replace, all should be considered as belonging to protection domain of the present utility model.