Intensity measurement bend sensors based on periodically tapered soft glass fibers
Intensity measurement bend sensors based on periodically tapered soft glass fibers
We demonstrate a novel technique for tapering periodically an all-solid soft glass fiber, consisting of two types of lead silicate glasses, by the use of a focused CO2 laser beam and investigate the bend sensing applications of the periodically-tapered soft glass fiber. Such a soft glass fiber with periodic microtapers could be used to develop promising bend sensors with a sensitivity of -27.75 µW/m-1 by means of measuring the bend-induced change of light intensity. The proposed bend sensor exhibits a very low measurement error of down to ±1%.
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Wang, Y.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Brambilla, G.
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Feng, X.
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Petrovich, M.N.
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Ding, M.
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Song, Z.
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2011
Wang, Y.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Brambilla, G.
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Feng, X.
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Petrovich, M.N.
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Ding, M.
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Song, Z.
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Wang, Y., Richardson, D.J., Brambilla, G., Feng, X., Petrovich, M.N., Ding, M. and Song, Z.
(2011)
Intensity measurement bend sensors based on periodically tapered soft glass fibers.
Optics Letters, 36 (4), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.36.000558).
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel technique for tapering periodically an all-solid soft glass fiber, consisting of two types of lead silicate glasses, by the use of a focused CO2 laser beam and investigate the bend sensing applications of the periodically-tapered soft glass fiber. Such a soft glass fiber with periodic microtapers could be used to develop promising bend sensors with a sensitivity of -27.75 µW/m-1 by means of measuring the bend-induced change of light intensity. The proposed bend sensor exhibits a very low measurement error of down to ±1%.
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Published date: 2011
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/177341
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