TY - JOUR
T1 - Pilot demonstration of refractive index sensing using polymer optical fiber crushed with slotted screwdriver
AU - Mizuno, Yosuke
AU - Lee, Heeyoung
AU - Shimada, Shumpei
AU - Matsumoto, Yukihiro
AU - Tanaka, Yosuke
AU - Nakamura, Hitoshi
AU - Nakamura, Kentaro
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by MLIT Construction Technology Research and Development Subsidy Program, by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 17H04930 and 17J07226, and by research grants from the Japan Gas Association, the ESPEC Foundation for Global Environment Research and Technology, the Association for Disaster Prevention Research, the Fujikura Foundation, and the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation.
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We demonstrate power-based refractive index (RI) sensing using a polymer optical fiber (POF) crushed with a slotted screwdriver. This structure can be easily fabricated by simply pressing the end of a slotted screwdriver against part of the POF. Neither external heat sources, chemicals, nor ultrasonic transducers, which have been conventionally used, are necessary. The transmitted power has a linear RI dependence in the RI range from ∼1.32 to ∼1.43 (coefficient: 173 dB/RIU (RI unit)). The temperature dependence of the transmitted power is experimentally shown to be negligible, which indicates the potential of this structure as a temperature-independent RI sensor.
AB - We demonstrate power-based refractive index (RI) sensing using a polymer optical fiber (POF) crushed with a slotted screwdriver. This structure can be easily fabricated by simply pressing the end of a slotted screwdriver against part of the POF. Neither external heat sources, chemicals, nor ultrasonic transducers, which have been conventionally used, are necessary. The transmitted power has a linear RI dependence in the RI range from ∼1.32 to ∼1.43 (coefficient: 173 dB/RIU (RI unit)). The temperature dependence of the transmitted power is experimentally shown to be negligible, which indicates the potential of this structure as a temperature-independent RI sensor.
KW - Optical fiber sensors
KW - Polymer optical fibers
KW - Refractive index sensing
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U2 - 10.1587/elex.14.20170962
DO - 10.1587/elex.14.20170962
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85033664383
VL - 14
JO - IEICE Electronics Express
JF - IEICE Electronics Express
SN - 1349-2543
IS - 21
M1 - 20170962
ER -