Laser Self-Mixing Interference: Optical Fiber Coil Sensors for Acoustic Emission Detection

Autor: Lian Yu, Yu Yang, Bin Liu, Pinghua Tang, Haining Ji, Jingting Wang, Tianqi Tan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Photonics, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 958 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-6732
DOI: 10.3390/photonics10090958
Popis: Acoustic emission (AE) testing is a widely used nondestructive testing method for the early detection of failures in materials and structures. In this paper, an AE detection sensor combining optical fiber sensing with laser self-mixing interference (SMI) technology is proposed. A multi-coil optical fiber ring wound round a cylindrical acrylic skeleton was designed in order to sense the deformation caused by AE elastic waves, which was then demodulated using self-mixing interference technology. Finite element analyses were conducted in order to investigate the deformation of fiber under acoustic sources. AE signals induced via ball-dropping impact experiments were successfully detected by the proposed experimental system. The proposed SMI optical fiber AE sensing system has the advantages of being free from electromagnetic interference and having a simple structure, low implementation cost and high measurement resolution and sensitivity.
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