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Self-repairing, interferometric waveguide sensor with a large strain range |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 28, pp. 6886-6895 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.006886
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Abstract
We demonstrate a polymer waveguide, Fabry–Perot interferometer strain
sensor fabricated through a self-writing process in a photopolymerizable resin
bath between two silica optical fibers. The measurable strain range is extended
through sensor self-repair and strain measurements are demonstrated up to 150%
applied tensile strain. The sensor fabrication and repair is performed in the
ultraviolet wavelength range, while the sensor interrogation is performed in the
near-infrared wavelength range. A hybrid sensor is fabricated by splicing a
short segment of multimode optical fiber to the input single-mode optical fiber.
The hybrid sensor provides the high quality of waveguide fabrication previously
demonstrated through self-writing between multimode optical fibers with the high
fringe visibility of single-mode
propagation. The peak frequency
shift of the reflected spectrum Fabry–Perot sensor is extremely linear
with applied strain for the hybrid sensor, with a sensitivity of
© 2012 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors
(120.2230) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Fabry-Perot
ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
History
Original Manuscript: June 22, 2012
Revised Manuscript: September 1, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 4, 2012
Published: September 28, 2012
Citation
Young J. Song and Kara J. Peters, "Self-repairing, interferometric waveguide sensor with a large strain range," Appl. Opt. 51, 6886-6895 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-51-28-6886
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