A Review of Optical Fibre Ethanol Sensors: Current State and Future Prospects [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 A range of optical fibre-based sensors for the measurement of ethanol, primarily in aqueous solution, have been developed and are reviewed here. The sensing approaches can be classified into four groups according to the measurement techniques used ...
Sanober Farheen Memon +5 more
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Novel Corrugated Long Period Grating Surface Balloon-Shaped Heterocore-Structured Plastic Optical Fibre Sensor for Microalgal Bioethanol Production [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 A novel long period grating (LPG) inscribed balloon-shaped heterocore-structured plastic optical fibre (POF) sensor is described and experimentally demonstrated for real-time measurement of the ultra-low concentrations of ethanol in microalgal bioethanol
Sanober Farheen Memon +5 more
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Design of a Flexible Weight Sensor Using Optical Fibre Macrobending [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 A flexible weight sensor based on optical fibre macrobending loss, using 1550 nm wavelength light and small fibre bending path lengths is presented.
Adam C. Funnell, Peter James Thomas
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Mn2+-activated dual-wavelength emitting materials toward wearable optical fibre temperature sensor [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Dual-wavelength emission materials can provide fluorescence intensity ratio technology with self-calibration features; their fabrication however, remains a challenge.
Enhai Song +9 more
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Recent Advances in Biomedical Photonic Sensors: A Focus on Optical-Fibre-Based Sensing [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 In this invited review, we provide an overview of the recent advances in biomedical photonic sensors within the last five years. This review is focused on works using optical-fibre technology, employing diverse optical fibres, sensing techniques, and ...
Mario Ochoa +4 more
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Optical fibre nanowires and related structures [PDF]
, 2007 The fabrication of optical fibre nanowires by flame-brushing represents a top-down method to reliably manufacture the longest, most robust nanowires from silica and compound glasses.
Brambilla, Gilberto, Xu, Fei
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Optical fibre sensors - applications and potential [PDF]
, 2004 Fibre optic sensors have progressed considerably during the past few years and are now establishing their potential as very real contenders in the environmental, structural monitoring and industrial sensing areas. This paper will explore some examples of
Culshaw, B.
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A multiplexed CW Brillouin system for precise interrogation of a sensor array made from short discrete sections of optical fibre [PDF]
, 2008 A novel configuration for precise temperature sensing in an array of optical fibre sections is reported. The sections are chosen to have different Brillouin shifts, to enable separation of scattered light signals in the frequency domain, rather than the ...
Dakin, J. P. +7 more
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Advances in fibre based pulse shaping technology and its applications in optical communications [PDF]
, 2007 Fibre grating technology can be used to design and fabricate reflective filters with accurately controlled complex phase and amplitude responses and thereby provide a powerful means to reshape short optical pulses in both time and frequency.
M. Ibsen +15 more
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Applications of polymer optical fibre grating sensors to condition monitoring of textiles [PDF]
, 2009 Fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) in polymer optical fibres (POFs) have been used to measure the strain in a woven textile. FBGs in both POFs and silica optical fibres were attached to a woven textile specimen, and their performance characterised.
Ye, Chen Chun +29 more
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