A short-range quasi-distributed strain and temperature sensing system utilizing a standard telecom laser diode

This article presents a short-range fiber-optic quasi-distributed sensing device suitable for strain and temperature measurement. The sensing assembly consists of an fs laser inscribed reference mirror and a sensing array of equidistantly positioned mirrors. Utilization of the reference mirror and Read More …

Microbend Point and Distributed Fiber Optic Corrosion Sensing

Corrosion-induced optical fiber microbending is demonstrated within this article as an efficient method for the design of sensors for the detection and localization of corrosion events on monitored metal surfaces. The proposed sensors were demonstrated in a single point and Read More …

Optical flow sensor based on the thermal time-of-flight measurement

This paper presents a dielectric, all-optical thermal time-of-flight fluid flow velocity sensor. The proposed sensor utilizes a sequence of three short sections of optical fibers, which are positioned in a direction perpendicular to the measured fluid flow. One of these Read More …

A fiber-optic gas sensor and method for the measurement of refractive index dispersion in NIR

This paper presents a method for gas concentration determination based on the measurement of the refractive index dispersion of a gas near the gas resonance in the near-infrared region (NIR). The gas refractive index dispersion line shape is reconstructed from Read More …

All-fiber, thermo-optic liquid level sensor

This paper proposes an all-optical-fiber sensor for continuous measurements of liquid levels. The proposed sensor utilizes an optically absorbing vanadium doped optical fiber, which is configured as a long-gauge, optically-heated, fiber-optic, Fabry-Perot interferometer that is immersed into the measured liquid. Read More …

Optical fiber for dispersion addressing

This letter presents a fully distributed forward propagating system, suitable for use with microbend sensors. The principle relies on selected mode launch in specially designed multimode fiber where a short pulse is launched into the fundamental mode. In the presence Read More …

All-fiber, low-cost single-point and quasi-distributed evanescent field temperature sensors with extended temperature measurement range, based on standard telecommunication graded index fibers

Fiber-optic single-point and quasi-distributed evanescent temperature sensors recoated with a blend of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(vinylidene fluoride) are proposed. Solid cladding enables the construction of small-size, low-cost, relatively wide-range and fast-response temperature sensors. The diameter of the sensor does not Read More …

All-fiber quasi-distributed polarimetric temperature sensor

This paper presents an all-fiber design of a quasi-distributed polarimetric temperature sensor array that utilizes commercially available single polarization and high birefringence fibers. The modulation depth of temperature induced loss and the operational temperature range of individual sensors in the Read More …