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Optical Fibre Pressure Sensors in Medical Applications
Sensors, 2015 This article is focused on reviewing the current state-of-the-art of optical fibre pressure sensors for medical applications. Optical fibres have inherent advantages due to their small size, immunity to electromagnetic interferences and their suitability
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IEEE Photonics Journal, 2022 Recent research in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Doman Reflectometry (ϕ-OTDR) has been focused, among others, on performing spatially resolved measurements with various methods including the use of frequency modulated probes.
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Scientific Reports, 2021 An optical fibre sensor based on radioluminescence, using the scintillation material terbium doped gadolinium oxysulphide (Gd2O2S:Tb) is evaluated, using a 3D printed anthropomorphic phantom for applications in low dose-rate (LDR) prostate brachytherapy.
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Temperature and Humidity Sensitivity of Polymer Optical Fibre Sensors Tuned by Pre-Strain
Sensors, 2022 Polymer optical fibre Bragg grating (POFBG) sensors are of high interest due to their enhanced fracture toughness, flexibility in bending, and sensitivity in stress and pressure monitoring applications compared to silica-based sensors.
Andreas Pospori +2 more
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Results in Optics, 2021 This paper presents analysis and experiment on simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature using pair of etched and un-etched fiber Bragg grating (FBG) fabricated in a single mode glass optical fiber.
Jitendra Kumar +6 more
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Journal of Optics, 2023 Abstract Optical sensors and sensing technologies are playing a more and more important role in our modern world. From micro-probes to large devices used in such diverse areas like medical diagnosis, defence, monitoring of industrial and environmental conditions, optics can be used in a variety of ways to achieve compact, low cost, stand-
Mário F S Ferreira +22 more
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Dosimetric Application of Phosphorus Doped Fibre for X-ray and Proton Therapy
Sensors, 2021 Phosphorous-doped silica optical fibres with a core diameter of 4 µm were tested in X-ray and proton fields for application in cancer therapy dosimetry.
Olugbenga J. Olusoji +7 more
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A High-Strength Strain Sensor Based on a Reshaped Micro-Air-Cavity
Sensors, 2020 We demonstrate a high-strength strain sensor based on a micro-air-cavity reshaped through repeating arc discharge. The strain sensor has a micro-scale cavity, approximate plane reflection, and large wall thickness, contributing to a broad free spectrum ...
Yanping Chen +7 more
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Nonlinear Hydraulic Pressure Response of an Improved Fiber Tip Interferometric High-Pressure Sensor
Sensors, 2020 We demonstrate a silica diaphragm-based fiber tip Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI) for high-pressure (40 MPa) sensing. By using a fiber tip polishing technique, the thickness of the silica diaphragm could be precisely controlled and the pressure ...
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Recent Improvement of Medical Optical Fibre Pressure and Temperature Sensors
Biosensors, 2015 This investigation describes a detailed analysis of the fabrication and testing of optical fibre pressure and temperature sensors (OFPTS). The optical sensor of this research is based on an extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer (EFPI) with integrated ...
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