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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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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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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Perfluorinated Plastic Optical Fiber Tapers for Evanescent Wave Sensing
Sensors, 2009 In this work we describe the fabrication and the characterization of perfluorinated plastic-cladded optical fiber tapers. The heat-and-pull procedure has been used to fabricate symmetric tapers.
Romeo Bernini +2 more
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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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Plastic Optical Fiber Displacement Sensor Based on Dual Cycling Bending
Sensors, 2010 In this study, a high sensitivity and easy fabricated plastic optical fiber (POF) displacement sensor is proposed. A POF specimen subjected to dual cyclic bending is used to improve the sensitivity of the POF displacement sensor.
Yung-Chuan Chen +2 more
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Refractive Index Sensor Based on Double Side-Polished U-Shaped Plastic Optical Fiber [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Daming Zhang, Yan Xu, Xiaoqiang Sun
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Liquid Level Sensor Based on a V-Groove Structure Plastic Optical Fiber [PDF]
Sensors, 2018 Houquan Liu, Jie Zheng
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