Strain transfer in fiber optic sensors plays critical roles in sensor survival and measurement. The mechanisms, key factors, solutions, and applications of strain transfer models are reviewed.
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It is well-known the propagation of light in optical fiber is confined in the core of the fiber based on the total internal reflection (TIR) principle and near-zero propagation loss within the cladding, which is very important for the optical communication but limits its sensing applications due to the non-interaction of light with surroundings. Therefore, it is essential to exploit novel fiber-optic structures to disturb the light propagation, thereby enabling the interaction of the light with surroundings and constructing fiber-opti. These sensors are embedded within or are part of the fiber optic system, resulting in modifications to the optical fiber itself. A fiber-optic sensor is a sensor that uses optical fiber either as the sensing element ("intrinsic sensors"), or as a means of relaying signals from a remote sensor to the electronics that process the signals ("extrinsic sensors"). Radiation absorption creates electronic excited states that are trapped by localized defects for extended periods of time.
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The core function of an optical fiber pressure sensor is to convert external mechanical pressure into measurable changes in the optical signals transmitted through the fiber. This process relies on the fiber's unique waveguide structure and the interaction between light and matter. Figure 1 depicts a simplified structure of a non-interferometric fiber optic pressure sensor.
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The fiber optic grating sensor structure is very simple and can achieve a small size. It is also characterized by high reliability, high accuracy, strong waterproof performance, and high sensitivity. It can be used to sense and measure physical quantities such as stress, strain or temperature with high sensitivity and measurement range. Fiber Bragg grating has embraced the area of fiber optics since the early days of its discovery, and most fiber optic sensor systems today make use of fiber Bragg grating technology. Following the early work on the formation of photogenerated gratings in germanosilicate optical fiber by sustained exposure of the core to the interfer ence pattern produced by oppositely propagating modes of argon-ion laser radiation that was first reported in 1978 (HilI et al.
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In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a dual-parameter fiber optic sensor, which combines a Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI) and a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) for simultaneous pressure and temperature sensing. A sensitivity-enhanced dual Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) fiber-optic biosensing platform for highly sensitive immunoassay detection of the inflammatory biomarker serum amyloid A (SAA) is presented in this study. The sensor is fabricated by coupling and fusing the multimode fiber (MMF) with the single-mode fiber (SMF) using arc fusion technology (AFT), resulting in a. We used an optical fiber fusion splicer to directly splice a segment of FCF between two segments of NCF, with both the FCF and.
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