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D-shaped polarization maintaining fiber sensor for strain and temperature monitoring

Qazi, H. H. and Mohammad, A. B. and Ahmad, H. and Zulkifli, M. Z. (2016) D-shaped polarization maintaining fiber sensor for strain and temperature monitoring. Sensors (Switzerland), 16 (9). ISSN 1424-8220

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Abstract

A D-shaped polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) as fiber optic sensor for the simultaneous monitoring of strain and the surrounding temperature is presented. A mechanical end and edge polishing system with aluminum oxide polishing film is utilized to perform sequential polishing on one side (lengthwise) of the PMF in order to fabricate a D-shaped cross-section. Experimental results show that the proposed sensor has high sensitivity of 46 pm/\xB5e and 130 pm/\xBAC for strain and temperature, respectively, which is significantly higher than other recently reported work (mainly from 2013) related to fiber optic sensors. The easy fabrication method, high sensitivity, and good linearity make this sensing device applicable in various applications such as health monitoring and spatial analysis of engineering structures.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Fiber optic sensors, Fiber optics, Fibers, Light polarization, Polarization, Polishing, Structural health monitoring, Temperature sensors, Engineering structures, Fiber loop mirrors, Health monitoring, Simultaneous monitoring, Spatial analysis, Strain sensors, Surrounding temperature, Temperature monitoring, Polarization-maintaining fiber
Subjects:T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:Electrical Engineering
ID Code:72086
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:21 Nov 2017 03:28
Last Modified:21 Nov 2017 03:28

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