High-Order Fiber Bragg Grating Corrosion Sensor Based on the Detection of a Local Surface Expansion

This paper presents a fiber optic sensor for the detection of corrosion processes that occur on metal surfaces. In the proposed sensor design, a sensing fiber with an inscribed high-order Bragg grating is attached to the observed metal surface. A Read More …

A Microfluidic, Flow-Through, Liquid Reagent Fluorescence Sensor Applied to Oxygen Concentration Measurement

A concept of a microfluidic fluorescent chemical sensing system is presented and demonstrated as a sensor for measurement of dissolved oxygen in water. The system utilizes on-line mixing of a fluorescent reagent with the analyzed sample, while it measures the Read More …

Miniature All-Fiber Electric Current/Magnetic Field Sensor Based on Birefringence Induced in Magnetooptic Liquid

This work presents a compact fiber-integrated sensor designed for high-resolution measurement of electric currents and magnetic fields using a magneto-optic liquid microcell. The primary goal is to develop a miniature, customizable sensor capable of operating in challenging environments where electrical Read More …

Multi‑core fiber‑optic dual‑axis differential accelerometer with a broadly configurable operating range

This paper presents a miniature, dual-axis, widely tunable fiber-optic accelerometer based on a four-core fiber mechanically coupled to an inertial mass by the superelastic NiTi microwire. The proposed structure forms a compact spring–damper system with an adjustable eigenfrequency and acceleration 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 …

Miniature magneto-optic angular position sensor

This Letter describes a miniature Fabry–Perot, contactless, magneto-optic sensor for angular position measurement. The sensor utilizes a magneto-optic fluid comprising barium hexaferrite nanoplatelets that become birefringent in the presence of an external magnetic field and a compact fiber-optic sensor system Read More …

All silica micro-fluidic flow injection sensor system for colorimetric chemical sensing

This paper presents a miniature, all-silica, flow-injection sensor. The sensor consists of an optical fiber-coupled microcell for spectral absorption measurements and a microfluidic reagent injection system. The proposed sensor operates in back reflection mode and, with its compact dimensions, (no Read More …

Optical micro-wire flow-velocity sensor

This paper presents a short response time, all-silica, gas-flow-velocity sensor. The active section of the sensor consists of a 16 µm diameter, highly optically absorbing micro-wire, which is heated remotely by a 980 nm light source. The heated microwire forms Read More …

Miniature fiber-optic Pitot tube sensor

This paper presents a miniature fiber-optic Pitot tube for gas flow rate measurements created at the tip of an optical fiber. The proposed all-fiber sensor employs two in-fiber Fabry-Perot cavities/chambers. The first chamber is arranged as a differential pressure sensor Read More …

Fiber-optic boiling point sensor for characterization of liquids

In this paper, an optical fiber sensor is proposed for measurement of the boiling point and boiling range of liquids. Since boiling point and/or boiling range of liquids correlate directly to chemical composition of liquids, the proposed sensor provides opportunity Read More …