本論文提出一套創新的波長位移量測用偏光干涉儀,它屬共路徑與非等光程類型,故具有高靈敏度與高穩定性的特點,並以旋轉分析板的設計使光路架設容易,且即時與非波壞性的量測為其優點。 經量測後說明其具有K=269.67 degree/nm的靈敏度且3×10-4 nm的穩定度。實驗應用上,將干涉儀針對光纖光柵感測器受負載後作應變量測,將光纖光柵貼附於四點彎曲樑上後施力,藉由相位變化的觀察與干涉儀的靈敏度,求得波長漂移後,光纖光柵受力產生的應變即可測得。將系統參數代入平面應力與平面應變理論的公式推導,以及利用應變規作為量測參考標準,量測結果與參考標準值具有相當的一致性,也證實本論文所提出偏光干涉儀的正確性與實用性。
This thesis proposes a novel interferometer for determining wavelength shift. It is a nonequal- and common-path interferometer, and it uses a rotating analyzer to generate AC signals so the phase corresponding to the wavelength shift can be extracted. A nonequal- and common-path interferometer is a high sensitivity and high stability one, the use of the rotating analyzer simplifies the setup of the interferometer. The principle of the proposed interferometer is introduced. A setup constructed to calibrate this interferometer was developed. The experimental result shows that the interferometer had a sensitivity of 269.67 degree/nm. Besides, the setup was also adopted for testing the stability of the proposed interferometer, the result shows that it was 3×10-4 nm. To verify the applicability of the interferometer, it was adopted to determine the wavelength shift of the wave reflected from a fiber Bragg grating bonded on a loaded four-point bending beam. A transformation from the wavelength shift to beam strain was done and it was finally compared with theoretical strain and strain gauge. The comparison agrees the applicability of the interferometer.