TY - GEN
T1 - Refractive index sensing using ultrasonically crushed plastic optical fibers
AU - Shimada, S.
AU - Lee, H.
AU - Shizuka, M.
AU - Tanaka, H.
AU - Hayashi, N.
AU - Matsumoto, Y.
AU - Tanaka, Y.
AU - Nakamura, H.
AU - Mizuno, Y.
AU - Nakamura, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by MLIT Construction Technology Research and Development Subsidy Program, by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 25709032, 26630180, and 25007652, and by research grants from the Iwatani Naoji Foundation, the SCAT Foundation, and the Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation.
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We demonstrate power-based refractive index (RI) sensing using an ultrasonically crushed polymer optical fiber (POF). This structure can be fabricated easily and cost-efficiently for a short time (of ∼1 s) with no need to employ external heat sources or chemicals. What is required is an ultrasonic transducer, the horn of which is pressed against part of the POF. The RI dependence of the transmitted power is investigated, and almost linear trends are obtained in the RI ranges of from ∼1.32 to ∼1.36 (coefficient: -62 dB/RIU (RI unit)) and from ∼1.40 to ∼1.44 (coefficient: -257 dB/RIU)). When the RI is fixed at 1.33, the temperature dependence of the transmitted power is also investigated (coefficient: -0.094 dB/°C), which shows the temperature-dependent error in RI sensing can be compensated.
AB - We demonstrate power-based refractive index (RI) sensing using an ultrasonically crushed polymer optical fiber (POF). This structure can be fabricated easily and cost-efficiently for a short time (of ∼1 s) with no need to employ external heat sources or chemicals. What is required is an ultrasonic transducer, the horn of which is pressed against part of the POF. The RI dependence of the transmitted power is investigated, and almost linear trends are obtained in the RI ranges of from ∼1.32 to ∼1.36 (coefficient: -62 dB/RIU (RI unit)) and from ∼1.40 to ∼1.44 (coefficient: -257 dB/RIU)). When the RI is fixed at 1.33, the temperature dependence of the transmitted power is also investigated (coefficient: -0.094 dB/°C), which shows the temperature-dependent error in RI sensing can be compensated.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85021449106
T3 - POF 2016 - 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, Conference Proceedings
SP - 152
EP - 155
BT - POF 2016 - 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, Conference Proceedings
A2 - Scully, Patricia
A2 - Sugden, Kate
A2 - Webb, David J.
PB - Aston University
T2 - 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, POF 2016
Y2 - 13 September 2016 through 15 September 2016
ER -