Fiber-optic In-line Mach-Zehnder Modal Interferometer for Breathing Monitoring Application

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作者
Wang, Ketian [1 ,2 ]
Xu, Wei [3 ]
Zhang, Na [2 ,4 ]
Li, Kunpu [1 ,2 ]
Yu, Cheungchuem [3 ]
Yu, Changyuan [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Suzhou Res Inst, Suzhou 215123, Peoples R China
[3] Anlight Optoelect Technol Inc, Suzhou 215123, Peoples R China
[4] Soochow Univ, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China
[5] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
来源
2017 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS PACIFIC RIM (CLEO-PR) | 2017年
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Mach-Zehnder; modal interferometer; breathing monitoring; optical fiber sensor; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP-APNEA;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A simple fiber-optic in-line Mach-Zehnder modal interferometer is fabricated and studied for monitoring human being's breathing rate, which is one of the most important vital signs. The sensing structure is simply fabricated by a couple of up-tapers manufactured in the common telecommunication single mode fiber (SMF) by a commercial splicer. Sensing performances with different distances between the dual up tapers are addressed. The whole setup only contains one laser source, one photo-detector and one section of SMF with dual up tapers. It can real-timely monitor people's respiration rhythm without complex signal processing and the scheme is simple and low-cost.
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