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A simple ultrasensitive displacement sensor based on a high bend loss single-mode fibre and a ratiometric measurement system

A simple ultrasensitive displacement sensor based on a high bend loss single-mode fibre and a ratiometric measurement system
A simple ultrasensitive displacement sensor based on a high bend loss single-mode fibre and a ratiometric measurement system
An all-fibre displacement sensor with a simple configuration and capable of monitoring sub-50 nm displacements is proposed and investigated experimentally. The proposed fibre displacement sensor consists of a half-loop structure of bare high bend loss single-mode fibre 1060XP and a ratiometric power interrogation system. By measuring the change in transmission ratio in the ratiometric system, a change in displacement can be measured. The displacement sensor is sensitive to temperature and an experimental investigation of this sensitivity is presented. It is found that the peak shift response has a linear variation with temperature; therefore, temperature dependence can be mitigated by a suitable displacement correction process. The proposed macrobending fibre based displacement sensor benefits from simplicity and low cost and achieves a comparable resolution as compared with other conventional fibre optic sensors.
2040-8986
Wang, Pengfei
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Semenova, Yuliya
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Wu, Qiang
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Farrell, Gerald
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Wang, Pengfei
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Semenova, Yuliya
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Wu, Qiang
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Farrell, Gerald
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Wang, Pengfei, Brambilla, Gilberto, Semenova, Yuliya, Wu, Qiang and Farrell, Gerald (2011) A simple ultrasensitive displacement sensor based on a high bend loss single-mode fibre and a ratiometric measurement system. Journal of Optics, 13 (7), [75402]. (doi:10.1088/2040-8978/13/7/075402).

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Abstract

An all-fibre displacement sensor with a simple configuration and capable of monitoring sub-50 nm displacements is proposed and investigated experimentally. The proposed fibre displacement sensor consists of a half-loop structure of bare high bend loss single-mode fibre 1060XP and a ratiometric power interrogation system. By measuring the change in transmission ratio in the ratiometric system, a change in displacement can be measured. The displacement sensor is sensitive to temperature and an experimental investigation of this sensitivity is presented. It is found that the peak shift response has a linear variation with temperature; therefore, temperature dependence can be mitigated by a suitable displacement correction process. The proposed macrobending fibre based displacement sensor benefits from simplicity and low cost and achieves a comparable resolution as compared with other conventional fibre optic sensors.

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Published date: July 2011
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 190847
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/190847
ISSN: 2040-8986
PURE UUID: 8e3a3b27-5456-46e8-bc07-b3f94c506ccf
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 15 Jun 2011 11:36
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:09

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Author: Pengfei Wang
Author: Yuliya Semenova
Author: Qiang Wu
Author: Gerald Farrell

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