The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Curvature sensing with a D-shaped multicore fibre and Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry

Curvature sensing with a D-shaped multicore fibre and Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry
Curvature sensing with a D-shaped multicore fibre and Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry
A distributed curvature sensor based on Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry interrogation technique in a D-shaped 7-core fibre is presented. By comparing the relative Brillouin frequency shift between the central core and three of the outer cores of the 7-core fibre, the curvature of various spools with different diameters is measured with a deviation from the actual value ranging between 9% and 15%. The analysis and results presented in this study show the first demonstration of distributed bend sensing using a specially designed multicore D-shaped fibre, paving the way for fully distributed 3D shape sensing.
1094-4087
1291-1299
Zafeiropoulou, Angeliki
022decdc-a4b9-4d3a-aad0-4f2bdb654995
Masoudi, Ali
8073fb9b-2e6c-46c9-89cf-cb8670d76dc0
Zdagkas, Apostolos
af3bc86e-b049-4ea1-b7bb-44e2ee0a4441
Cooper, Laurence
b34a8850-a873-4195-a259-a1cbf1623450
Brambilla, Gilberto
815d9712-62c7-47d1-8860-9451a363a6c8
Zafeiropoulou, Angeliki
022decdc-a4b9-4d3a-aad0-4f2bdb654995
Masoudi, Ali
8073fb9b-2e6c-46c9-89cf-cb8670d76dc0
Zdagkas, Apostolos
af3bc86e-b049-4ea1-b7bb-44e2ee0a4441
Cooper, Laurence
b34a8850-a873-4195-a259-a1cbf1623450
Brambilla, Gilberto
815d9712-62c7-47d1-8860-9451a363a6c8

Zafeiropoulou, Angeliki, Masoudi, Ali, Zdagkas, Apostolos, Cooper, Laurence and Brambilla, Gilberto (2020) Curvature sensing with a D-shaped multicore fibre and Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry. Optics Express, 28 (2), 1291-1299. (doi:10.1364/OE.383096).

Record type: Article

Abstract

A distributed curvature sensor based on Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry interrogation technique in a D-shaped 7-core fibre is presented. By comparing the relative Brillouin frequency shift between the central core and three of the outer cores of the 7-core fibre, the curvature of various spools with different diameters is measured with a deviation from the actual value ranging between 9% and 15%. The analysis and results presented in this study show the first demonstration of distributed bend sensing using a specially designed multicore D-shaped fibre, paving the way for fully distributed 3D shape sensing.

Text
oe-28-2-1291 - Version of Record
Available under License Other.
Download (1MB)

More information

Accepted/In Press date: 28 December 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 January 2020
Published date: 20 January 2020

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 437240
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/437240
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 91a40f89-ec6a-4679-9d84-f93d8f821abf
ORCID for Ali Masoudi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0001-6080
ORCID for Apostolos Zdagkas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-9722
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 22 Jan 2020 17:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:25

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: Angeliki Zafeiropoulou
Author: Ali Masoudi ORCID iD
Author: Apostolos Zdagkas ORCID iD
Author: Laurence Cooper
Author: Gilberto Brambilla ORCID iD

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×