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Displacement Sensor Based on a Small U-Shaped Single-Mode Fiber

A simple structure and easily fabricated displacement sensor was proposed and demonstrated based on a bending-induced fiber interferometer. In the design, the fiber interferometer was formed only by bending the single-mode fiber into a small U-shape without splicing, tapering, or heating pre-process...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Teng, Chuanxin, Yu, Fangda, Deng, Shijie, Liu, Houquan, Yuan, Libo, Zheng, Jie, Deng, Hongchang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6603722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31163590
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19112531
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Sumario:A simple structure and easily fabricated displacement sensor was proposed and demonstrated based on a bending-induced fiber interferometer. In the design, the fiber interferometer was formed only by bending the single-mode fiber into a small U-shape without splicing, tapering, or heating pre-processing, which effectively reduces the complexity of the fabrication process, greatly enhances the mechanical strength of the sensor, and lowers the cost in the displacement sensing applications. The displacement sensing performances for the sensor with different bending radii of 3.3 mm, 4.4 mm, 5.0 mm, and 6.3 mm were investigated. Experimental results showed that the sensor had a good linear response, and for the bending radii of 3.3, 4.4, 5.0, and 6.3 mm, the proposed sensors showed high sensitivities of 134.3, 105.1, 120.9, and 144.1 pm/μm, respectively.