Simulation And Measurement Of Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Abstract

The paper focuses on simulation and measurement of Mach-Zehnder interferometer. This type of sensor is used as a distributed fiber optic sensor for sensing vibration, mechanical tension and temperature. Fiber optic sensors based on optical interferometry are now widely used, e.g. Sagnac interferometer in optic gyroscopes. Mach-Zehnder interferometer is used for measurement of transformers temperature. The article includes a simulation of interferometric systems in VPIphotonics simulation software and it also includes scientific notation of a signal and a short description of the used simulation systems.