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Temperature insensitive curvature sensor based on cascading photonic crystal fiber.

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Title: Temperature insensitive curvature sensor based on cascading photonic crystal fiber.
Authors: Fu, Guangwei1 earl@ysu.edu.cn, Li, Yunpu1, Fu, Xinghu1, Jin, Wa1, Bi, Weihong1 whbi@ysu.edu.cn
Source: Optical Fiber Technology. Mar2018, Vol. 41, p64-68. 5p.
Subjects: Photonic crystal fibers, Optical fibers, Temperature, Curvature, Fabrication (Manufacturing)
Abstract: A temperature insensitive curvature sensor is proposed based on cascading photonic crystal fiber. Using the arc fusion splicing method, this sensor is fabricated by cascading together a single-mode fiber (SMF), a three layers air holes structure of photonic crystal fiber (3PCF), a five layers air holes structure of photonic crystal fiber (5PCF) and a SMF in turn. So the structure SMF-3PCF-5PCF-SMF can be obtained with a total length of 20 mm. During the process of fabrication, the splicing machine parameters and the length of each optical fiber are adjusted to obtain a high sensitivity curvature sensor. The experimental results show that the curvature sensitivity is −8.40 nm/m −1 in the curvature variation range of 0–1.09 m −1 , which also show good linearity. In the range of 30–90 °C, the temperature sensitivity is only about 3.24 pm/°C, indicating that the sensor is not sensitive to temperature. The sensor not only has the advantages of easy fabricating, simple structure, high sensitivity but also can solve the problem of temperature measurement cross sensitivity, so it can be used for different areas including aerospace, large-scale bridge, architectural structure health monitoring and so on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:A temperature insensitive curvature sensor is proposed based on cascading photonic crystal fiber. Using the arc fusion splicing method, this sensor is fabricated by cascading together a single-mode fiber (SMF), a three layers air holes structure of photonic crystal fiber (3PCF), a five layers air holes structure of photonic crystal fiber (5PCF) and a SMF in turn. So the structure SMF-3PCF-5PCF-SMF can be obtained with a total length of 20 mm. During the process of fabrication, the splicing machine parameters and the length of each optical fiber are adjusted to obtain a high sensitivity curvature sensor. The experimental results show that the curvature sensitivity is −8.40 nm/m −1 in the curvature variation range of 0–1.09 m −1 , which also show good linearity. In the range of 30–90 °C, the temperature sensitivity is only about 3.24 pm/°C, indicating that the sensor is not sensitive to temperature. The sensor not only has the advantages of easy fabricating, simple structure, high sensitivity but also can solve the problem of temperature measurement cross sensitivity, so it can be used for different areas including aerospace, large-scale bridge, architectural structure health monitoring and so on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:10685200
DOI:10.1016/j.yofte.2017.12.010