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Bend monitoring and refractive index sensing using flat fibre and multicore Bragg gratings

Bend monitoring and refractive index sensing using flat fibre and multicore Bragg gratings
Bend monitoring and refractive index sensing using flat fibre and multicore Bragg gratings

A planarized optical fibre designed for two-dimensional bend monitoring and external refractive index sensing is presented. The approach uses two single-mode waveguides each containing a set of spectrally multiplexed Bragg gratings. To achieve sensitivity to bending and external refractive index, the cladding material of the fibre is partially removed through physical machining. This acts to offset the neutral axis, increasing bend sensitivity, and exposes the evanescent field of the guided mode, permitting external refractive index monitoring. Through collective monitoring of the Bragg grating array, real time, multiparameter sensing is attainable, allowing new capability for intelligent monitoring.

0957-0233
Holmes, Christopher
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Holmes, Christopher, Ambran, Sumiaty, Cooper, Peter, Webb, Andrew, Gates, James, Gawith, Corin, Sahu, Jayanta and Smith, Peter G.R. (2020) Bend monitoring and refractive index sensing using flat fibre and multicore Bragg gratings. Measurement Science and Technology, 31 (8), [085203]. (doi:10.1088/1361-6501/ab8710).

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A planarized optical fibre designed for two-dimensional bend monitoring and external refractive index sensing is presented. The approach uses two single-mode waveguides each containing a set of spectrally multiplexed Bragg gratings. To achieve sensitivity to bending and external refractive index, the cladding material of the fibre is partially removed through physical machining. This acts to offset the neutral axis, increasing bend sensitivity, and exposes the evanescent field of the guided mode, permitting external refractive index monitoring. Through collective monitoring of the Bragg grating array, real time, multiparameter sensing is attainable, allowing new capability for intelligent monitoring.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 April 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 April 2020
Published date: August 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 439493
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439493
ISSN: 0957-0233
PURE UUID: ec410bf0-5a98-426e-ae75-81a340ff946d
ORCID for Christopher Holmes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-3760
ORCID for James Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987
ORCID for Corin Gawith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-3558
ORCID for Jayanta Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152
ORCID for Peter G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 24 Apr 2020 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:08

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Author: Sumiaty Ambran
Author: Peter Cooper
Author: Andrew Webb
Author: James Gates ORCID iD
Author: Corin Gawith ORCID iD
Author: Jayanta Sahu ORCID iD
Author: Peter G.R. Smith ORCID iD

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