Humidity insensitive step-index polymer optical fibre Bragg grating sensors

G. Woyessa; A. Fasano; A. Stefani; C. Markos; K. Nielsen; H. K. Rasmussen; O. Bang

doi:10.1117/12.2194963

28 September 2015 Humidity insensitive step-index polymer optical fibre Bragg grating sensors

G. Woyessa, A. Fasano, A. Stefani, C. Markos, K. Nielsen, H. K. Rasmussen, O. Bang

Proceedings Volume 9634, 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 96342L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194963
Event: International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS24), 2015, Curitiba, Brazil

Abstract

We have fabricated and characterised a humidity insensitive step index(SI) polymer optical fibre(POF) Bragg grating sensors. The fibre was made based on the injection molding technique, which is an efficient method for fast, flexible and cost effective preparation of the fibre preform. The fabricated SIPOF has a core made from TOPAS with a glass transition temperature of 134°C and a cladding from ZEONEX with a glass transition temperature of 138°C. The main advantages of the proposed SIPOF are the low water absorption and good chemical resistance compared to the conventional poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) based SIPOFs. The fibre has a minimum loss of ~6dB/m at 770nm.

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G. Woyessa, A. Fasano, A. Stefani, C. Markos, K. Nielsen, H. K. Rasmussen, and O. Bang "Humidity insensitive step-index polymer optical fibre Bragg grating sensors", Proc. SPIE 9634, 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 96342L (28 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194963

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