Photonic Sensors, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 339(2016)

Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Curvature Sensing

Catarina S. MONTEIRO1,2、*, Marta S. FERREIRA1,2, Susana O. SILVA1,2, Jens KOBELKE3, Kay SCHUSTER3, Jorg BIERLICH3, and Orlando FRAZAO1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sciences Faculty, Porto University, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
  • 2INESC-TEC, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
  • 3IPHT Jena – Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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    A curvature sensor based on an Fabry-Perot (FP) interferometer was proposed. A capillary silica tube was fusion spliced between two single mode fibers, producing an FP cavity. Two FP sensors with different cavity lengths were developed and subjected to curvature and temperature. The FP sensor with longer cavity showed three distinct operating regions for the curvature measurement. Namely, a linear response was shown for an intermediate curvature radius range, presenting a maximum sensitivity of 68.52 pm/m-1. When subjected to temperature, the sensing head produced a similar response for different curvature radii, with a sensitivity varying from 0.84 pm/℃ to 0.89 pm/℃, which resulted in a small cross-sensitivity to temperature when the FP sensor was subjected to curvature. The FP cavity with shorter length presented low sensitivity to curvature.

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    Catarina S. MONTEIRO, Marta S. FERREIRA, Susana O. SILVA, Jens KOBELKE, Kay SCHUSTER, Jorg BIERLICH, Orlando FRAZAO. Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Curvature Sensing[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2016, 6(4): 339

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Apr. 18, 2016

    Accepted: Jun. 8, 2016

    Published Online: Oct. 21, 2016

    The Author Email: MONTEIRO Catarina S. (catarina.s.monteiro@inesctec.pt)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-016-0333-9

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