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| Author(s): |
Cabral, Thiago D.
[1, 2]
;
Fujiwara, Eric
[2]
;
Warren-Smith, Stephen C.
[3, 4, 1, 5]
;
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike
[3, 4, 5]
;
Cordeiro, Cristiano M. B.
[3, 4, 1, 6]
Total Authors: 5
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Gleb Wataghin Inst Phys, BR-13083859 Campinas - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Mech Engn, BR-13083860 Campinas - Brazil
[3] Univ Adelaide, Inst Photon & Adv Sensing, Adelaide, SA 5005 - Australia
[4] Univ Adelaide, Sch Phys Sci, Adelaide, SA 5005 - Australia
[5] Univ Adelaide, ARC Ctr Excellence Nanoscale BioPhoton, Adelaide, SA 5005 - Australia
[6] Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike, Univ Adelaide, ARC Ctr Excellence Nanoscale BioPhoton, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.Cabral, Thiago D., Univ Estadual Campinas, Gleb Wataghin Inst Phys, BR-13083859 Campinas - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | OPTICS LETTERS; v. 45, n. 12 JUN 15 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
The inception of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) allowed for unprecedented tailoring of waveguide properties for specialty sensing probes. Exposed core microstructured fibers (ECFs) represent a natural evolution of the PCF design for practical liquid and gas sensing. Until now, to the best of our knowledge, only single-mode or few-modes ECFs have been explored. In this Letter, we demonstrate a highly multimode ECF with a lateral access that extends throughout the whole length of the fiber. The ECF is operated as a fiber specklegram sensor for assessing properties of fluids and interrogated using a simple and low-cost setup. The probe exhibits a refractive index resolution and sensitivity of at least 4.6 x 10(-4) refractive index units (RIUs) and -10.97 RIU-1, respectively. A maximum temperature resolution up to 0.017 degrees C with a -0.20 degrees C-1 temperature sensitivity over the 23 degrees C-28 degrees C range and a liquid level sensing resolution up to 0.12 mm with -0.015 mm(-1) sensitivity over the 0.0-50.0 mm bathed the length range in water. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/10409-7 - Advanced Optical Fibre Sensors |
| Grantee: | Cristiano Monteiro de Barros Cordeiro |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/25666-2 - Development of an optical fiber force myography sensor for applications in human-robot interfaces |
| Grantee: | Eric Fujiwara |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |