Bend-Direction and Rotation Plastic Optical Fiber Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 A plastic filament of poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) was fabricated by extrusion. The mode confinement was simulated using numerical software. The idea is to study how the light intensity changes inside the plastic optical fiber (POF) when a bending ...
Demetrio Sartiano +3 more
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Shaping Beam Profiles Using Plastic Optical Fiber Tapers with Application to Ice Sensors [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Using either bulk or fiber optics the profile of laser beams can be altered from Gaussian to top-hat or hollow beams allowing enhanced performance in applications like laser cooling, optical trapping, and fiber sensing.
Kostas Amoiropoulos +3 more
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Optical Sensors Based on Plastic Fibers [PDF]
Sensors, 2012 The recent advances of polymer technology allowed the introduction of plastic optical fiber in sensor design. The advantages of optical metrology with plastic optical fiber have attracted the attention of the scientific community, as they allow the ...
Rogério Nogueira +3 more
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Sensitivity Analysis of Intensity-Modulated Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors for Effective Aging Detection in Rapeseed Transformer Oil [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 As the focus tilts toward online detection methodologies for transformer oil aging, bypassing challenges associated with traditional offline methods, such as sample contamination and misinterpretation, fiber optic sensors are gaining traction due to ...
Ugochukwu Elele +4 more
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A Plastic Optical Fiber Sensing System for Bridge Deflection Measurement [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Deflection is one of the key parameters that reflects the state of a bridge. However, deflection measurement is difficult for a bridge that is under operation.
Dong Yang +3 more
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Properties of Large Core Polymer Optical Bend Waveguides [PDF]
Radioengineering, 2019 We report about properties of large core plastic planar optical bend waveguides. The dimensions of the waveguides were to be compatible with the commonly used plastic optical fiber with diameter 750 µm and the bend radii of the waveguides varied from 30 ...
V. Prajzler, M. Knietel, P. Jasek
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Low Cost Plastic Optical Fiber Pressure Sensor Embedded in Mattress for Vital Signal Monitoring [PDF]
Sensors, 2017 The aim of this paper is to report the design of a low-cost plastic optical fiber (POF) pressure sensor, embedded in a mattress. We report the design of a multipoint sensor, a cheap alternative to the most common fiber sensors.
Demetrio Sartiano, Salvador Sales
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Experimental Investigation for Monitoring Corrosion Using Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors [PDF]
SensorsThe timely and cost-effective identification of the onset of corrosion and its progress would be critical for effectively maintaining structural integrity.
Liang Hou +3 more
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Design and Deployment of Low-Cost Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors for Gas Monitoring [PDF]
Sensors, 2014 This paper describes an approach to develop and deploy low-cost plastic optical fiber sensors suitable for measuring low concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere.
Sabrina Grassini +3 more
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Engineering Proceedings, 2023 Optical fiber biosensors can be used to develop point-of-care tests (POCTs) for detecting viruses and bacteria in several matrices. In particular, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and localized SPR phenomena (LSPR) can be excited by exploiting low ...
Francesco Arcadio +5 more
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