All-Optical High-Resolution Real-Time Temperature Estimation Method Based on Fiber-Optic Interferometry

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Main Authors: Yang, Jingwen, Chen, Long, Yu, Haoliang, Jin, Xiaofeng, Miao, Jianxiang, Kong, Jia
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author Yang, Jingwen
Chen, Long
Yu, Haoliang
Jin, Xiaofeng
Miao, Jianxiang
Kong, Jia
author_facet Yang, Jingwen
Chen, Long
Yu, Haoliang
Jin, Xiaofeng
Miao, Jianxiang
Kong, Jia
contents High-resolution temperature monitoring is essential for many engineering and scientific applications, but conventional sensors are limited by insufficient resolution and susceptibility to electromagnetic interference. Fiber-optic interferometers provide high sensitivity and intrinsic electromagnetic immunity; however, their practical performance is hindered by nonlinear temperature-intensity responses, phase ambiguity, and environmental disturbances. Here, we develop an extended Kalman filter (EKF)-based approach that incorporates system non-linearity and noise statistics to enable robust real-time temperature estimation from interferometric signals. In numerical simulations, our EKF-based method reduces the estimation error to 2.21e-5 K, while experiments achieve a resolution of 8.34e-5 K under strong disturbances, corresponding to a threefold improvement over conventional intensity-based inversion method and an order-of-magnitude enhancement compared with traditional based measurement. These results demonstrate a compact and robust strategy for high-resolution, real-time, all-optical temperature sensing with strong immunity to electromagnetic interference.
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spellingShingle All-Optical High-Resolution Real-Time Temperature Estimation Method Based on Fiber-Optic Interferometry
Yang, Jingwen
Chen, Long
Yu, Haoliang
Jin, Xiaofeng
Miao, Jianxiang
Kong, Jia
Optics
High-resolution temperature monitoring is essential for many engineering and scientific applications, but conventional sensors are limited by insufficient resolution and susceptibility to electromagnetic interference. Fiber-optic interferometers provide high sensitivity and intrinsic electromagnetic immunity; however, their practical performance is hindered by nonlinear temperature-intensity responses, phase ambiguity, and environmental disturbances. Here, we develop an extended Kalman filter (EKF)-based approach that incorporates system non-linearity and noise statistics to enable robust real-time temperature estimation from interferometric signals. In numerical simulations, our EKF-based method reduces the estimation error to 2.21e-5 K, while experiments achieve a resolution of 8.34e-5 K under strong disturbances, corresponding to a threefold improvement over conventional intensity-based inversion method and an order-of-magnitude enhancement compared with traditional based measurement. These results demonstrate a compact and robust strategy for high-resolution, real-time, all-optical temperature sensing with strong immunity to electromagnetic interference.
title All-Optical High-Resolution Real-Time Temperature Estimation Method Based on Fiber-Optic Interferometry
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23363