Optical fiber point sensors

Advanced Fiber Optics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 309-344

  Berghmans, Francis ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^b  

^a IEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society   (Spain)

^b Brussels Photonics team B PHOT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POINT SENSORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84978692757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (103)

1. K.T.V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, London: Chapman & Hall, 1995.
2. K.T.V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol. 1: Fundamentals, 1995
3. K.T.V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol. 2: Devices and Technology, 1998
4. K.T.V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol. 3: Applications and Systems, 1999
5. K.T.V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol. 4: Chemical and Environmental Sensing, 1999
6. K.T.V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol. 5: Advanced Applications - Bragg Gratings and Distributed Sensors, 2000.
7. B. Culshaw, J.P. Dakin, Optical Fiber Sensors, London: Artech House. vol. 1: Principles and Components, 1988
8. B. Culshaw, J.P. Dakin, Optical Fiber Sensors, London: Artech House. vol. 2: Systems and Applications, 1989
9. B. Culshaw, J.P. Dakin, Optical Fiber Sensors, London: Artech House. vol. 3: Components and Subsystems, 1996
10. B. Culshaw, J.P. Dakin, Optical Fiber Sensors, London: Artech House. vol. 4: Applications, Analysis and Future Trends, 1997.
11. D.A. Krohn, Fiber Optic Sensors, Fundamentals and Applications, ISA, 2000.
12. J.M. López-Higuera, Handbook of Optical Fiber Sensing Technology, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
13. E. Udd, Fiber Optic Sensors: An Introduction For Engineers And Scientists, Wiley-Interscience, 2006.
14. S. Yin, P. B. Ruffin, F. T. S. Yu, Fiber Optic Sensors, CRC Press, 2008.
15. B. Lee, "Review of the present status of optical fiber sensors", Optical Fiber Technology vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 57-79, 2003.
16. R. Willsch, W. Ecke, and H. Bartelt, "Optical fiber grating sensor networks and their application in electric power facilities, aerospace and geotechnical engineering", in Optical Fiber Sensors Conference Technical Digest OFS 2002 vol. 1, 2002, pp. 49-54.
17. W. Ecke, K. Schroeder, M. Kautz, et al., "On-line characterization of impacts on electrical train current collectors using integrated optical fiber grating sensor network", in Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5758, 2005, pp. 114-123.
18. E. Udd, (editor), Fiber Optic Smart Structures, Wiley:New York, 1995.
19. I. Latka, W. Ecke, B. Höfer, C. Chojetzki, and A. Reutlinger, "Fiber optic sensors for the monitoring of cryogenic spacecraft tank structures, " in Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5579, 2004, pp. 195-204.
20. F. Berghmans, B. Brichard, A. Fernandez Fernandez, A. Gusarov, M. Van Uffelen and S. Girard, "An introduction to radiation effects on optical components and fiber optic sensors", in Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging, W.J. Bock, I. Gannot, S. Tanev, Dordrecht: Springer, 2008, pp. 127-156.
21. W.B. Spillman, "Photonic sensing technology: currents and trends," in Proceedings of SPIE vol. 6619, 2007, pp. 661904-1-661904-6.
22. D. Titteron, J. Weston, Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology, 2nd Edition. London: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2004.
23. F. J. B. Cordeiro, The Gyroscope. BiblioLife, 2009.
24. J. Fraden, Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs and Applications, Third Edition. Birkhauser, 2004, pp. 313-314.
25. V. Vali and R. W. Shorthill, "Fiber ring interferometer", Applied Optics vol. 15, pp. 1099-1100, 1976.
26. G. Sagnac, "L'éther lumineux démontré par l'effet du vent relatif d'éther dans un interféromètre en rotation uniforme", Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences vol. 95, pp. 708-710, 1913.
27. H. J. Arditty and H. C. Lefèvre, "Sagnac effect in fiber gyroscopes", Optics Letters vol. 6, pp. 401-403, 1981.
28. H. C. Lefèvre, "Fundamentals of the Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscope", Optical Review vol. 4, pp. 20-27, 1997.
29. H. C. Lefevre, The Fiber Optic Gyroscope. Boston: Artech House, 1993.
30. S. Merlo, M. Norgia and S. Donati, "Fiber gyroscope principles", in Handbook of Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, J.M. Lopez-Higuera, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2002, pp. 331-348.
31. R. A. Bergh, H. C. Lefevre, H. J. Shaw, "An Overview of Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes", Journal of Lightwave Technology vol. 2, pp. 91-107, 1984.
32. B. Culshaw, "The optical fiber Sagnac interferometer: an overview of its principles and applications", Measurement Science and Technology vol. 17, pp. R1-R16, 2006.
33. H. C. Lefèvre, "Reciprocity and Serendipity: The Early Development of FOG Architecture and Signal Processing", in Optical Fiber Sensors, OSA Technical Digest (CD), Optical Society of America, 2006, paper MA1.
34. D. M. Shupe, "Thermally induced nonreciprocity in the fiber-optic interferometer", Applied Optics vol. 19, pp. 654-655, 1980.
35. P. B. Ruffin, "Fiber Gyroscope Sensors", in Fiber Optic Sensors, F. T. S. Yu and S. Yin, New York:Marcel Dekker Inc., 2002, pp. 383-413
36. G. Pavlath, "Fiber Optic Gyros: The Vision Realized", in Optical Fiber Sensors, OSA Technical Digest (CD), Optical Society of America, 2006, paper MA3.
37. L. R. Jaroszewicz, "Fiber-optic Sagnac interferometer as real sensor of the physical quantities", in Proceedings of the Symposium on Photonics Technologies for 7th Framework Program, Wroclaw 12-14 October 2006, pp. 99-102.
38. J. M. Vaughan, The Fabry-Perot interferometer: history, theory, practice, and applications. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 1989.
39. M. Born, E. Wolf, Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light, 7th (expanded) edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
40. H. F. Taylor, "Fiber Optic Sensors Based upon the Fabry-Perot Interferometer", in Fiber Optic Sensors - Second Edition, S. Yin, P. B. Ruffin, F. T. S. Yu, Boca Raton: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2008, pp. 35-64.
41. B. T. Meggitt, "Fiber optic white-light interferometric sensors", in Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, K. T. V. Grattan, B. T. Meggitt, London: Chapman & Hall, 1995, pp. 269-312.
42. E. Pinet, "Fabry-Pérot Fiber-Optic Sensors for Physical Parameters Measurement in Challenging Conditions", Journal of Sensors vol. 2009, Article ID 720980, 9 pages, 2009.
43. "Principles of FISO fiber-optic sensors", Technical Note, FISO Technologies, www.fiso.com
44. E. Pinet, "Medical applications: saving lives", Nature Photonics vol. 2, pp. 150-152, 2008.
45. FOP-F125 Pressure Sensor, Product Datasheet, FISO Technologies, Inc., 2008.
46. A. Othonos and K. Kalli, Fiber Bragg gratings: Fundamentals and Applications in Telecommunications and Sensing. Boston: Artech House, 1999.
47. R. Kashyap, Fiber Bragg Gratings, San Diego: Academic, 1999.
48. T. Erdogan, "Fiber grating spectra", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology vol. 15, pp. 1277-1294
49. K.O. Hill, Y. Fujii, D. C. Johnson, B. S. Kawasaki, "Photosensitivity in optical fiber waveguides:Application to reflection fiber fabrication", Applied Physics Letters vol. 32, pp. 647-649, 1978.
50. G. Meltz et al., "Formation of Bragg gratings in optical fibers by a transverse holographic method", Optics Letters vol. 14, pp. 823, 1989.
51. K. O. Hill, B. Malo, F. Bilodeau, D. C. Johnson, and J. Albert, "Bragg gratings fabricated in monomode photosensitive optical fiber by UV exposure through a phase mask", Applied Physics Letters vol. 62, pp. 1035-1037, 1993.
52. P. Lemaire, R. Atkins, V. Mizrahi and W. Reed, "High pressure H2 loading as a technique for achieving ultrahigh UV photosensitivity and thermal sensitivity in GeO2 doped optical fibers", Electron. Lett. vol. 29, pp. 1191, 1993.
53. I. Bennion et al., "Tutorial review, UV-written in-fiber Bragg gratings", Optics and Quantum Electronics vol. 28, pp. 93-135, 1996.
54. K. O. Hill and G. Meltz, "Fiber Bragg grating technology - fundamentals and overview", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology vol. 15, pp. 1263-1276, 1997.
55. B. Malo, K.O. Hill, F. Bilodeau, D.C. Johnson and J.Albert, "Point-by- point fabrication of micro-Bragg gratings in photosensitive fiber using single excimer pulse refractive index modification techniques", Electronics Letters vol. 29, pp. 1668-1669, 1993.
56. L. Dong et al., "Single-pulse Bragg gratings written during fiber drawing", Electronics Letters vol. 29, pp. 1577, 1993.
57. M. W. Rothhardt, C. Chojetzki, and H. R. Mueller, "High-mechanical strength single-pulse draw tower gratings", in Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5579, 2004, pp. 127-135.
58. W. Ecke, "Applications of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors", Workshop Tutorial, International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS-19, Perth, Australia, 2008
59. T. Erdogan, V. Mizrahi, P. J. Lemaire, and D. Monroe, "Decay of ultraviolet-induced fiber Bragg gratings", Journal of Applied Physics vol. 76, pp. 73-80, 1994.
60. www.ibsenphotonics.com
61. www.fibersensing.com
62. www.micronoptics.com
63. http://www.fos-s.be
64. M. Majumder, T. K. Gangopadhyay, A. K. Chakraborty, K. Dasgupta, and D. K. Bhattacharya, "Fiber Bragg gratings in structural health monitoring - present status and applications", Sensors and Actuators A vol. 147, pp. 150-164, 2008.
65. N.M. Trutzel, K.Wauer, D. Betz, L. Staudigel, O. Krumpholz, H.-C. Mühlmann, T. Müller, W. Gleine, "Smart Sensing of Aviation Structures with Fiber-optic Bragg Grating Sensors", in Proceedings of SPIE vol. 3986, 2000, pp. 134-143.
66. C. Caucheteur, M. Debliquy, D. Lahem, and P. Megret, "Hybrid fiber gratings coated with a catalytic sensitive layer for hydrogen sensing in air", Optics Express vol. 16, pp. 16854-16859, 2008.
67. W. J. Bock, I. Gannot, S. Tanev, Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging, Dordrecht: Springer, 2008.
68. "Optical Fiber Sensors: Enabling the Next Generation, Stretching the Present Generation", Workshop Tutorials, 19th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors OFS-19, Perth, Australia, 2008.
69. "Optical fiber sensors - where are we and what's to come?", Workshop Tutorials, European Conference on Optical Communications ECOC2008, 2008, Brussels, Belgium.
70. Special issue: The 19th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors OFS-19, Measurement Science and Technology vol. 20, 2009.
71. A. Bjarklev, J. Broeng and A. S. Bjarklev, Photonic Crystal Fibers, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
72. P. Russell, "Photonic-crystal fibers", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology vol. 24, pp. 4729-4749, 2006.
73. "Photonic Crystal Fibers for Sensing", Special Workshop Session, The 20th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors OFS-20, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2009.
74. A. Cusano, D. Paladino and A. Iadicicco, "Microstructured fiber Bragg gratings", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology vol. 27, pp. 1663-1697, 2009.
75. J. Canning, "Properties of Specialist Fibers and Bragg Gratings for Optical Fiber Sensors", Journal of Sensors, Vol. 2009, Article ID 871580.
76. J. Canning, "Fiber gratings and devices for sensors and laser", Laser & Photonics Review vol. 2, pp. 275-289, 2008.
77. O. Frazao, J. L. Santos, F. M. Araújo and L. A. Ferreira, "Optical sensing with photonic crystal fibers", Laser & Photonics Review vol. 2, pp. 449-459, 2008.
78. W. Urbanczyk, T. Martynkien, M. Szpulak, G. Statkiewicz, J. Olszewski, G. Golojuch, J. Wojcik, P. Mergo, M. Makara, and T. Nasilowski, "Photonic crystal fibers: new opportunities for sensing", in Proceedings of SPIE vol. 6619, 2007, p. 66190G.
79. T. Geernaert, G. Luyckx, E. Voet, T. Nasilowski, K. Chah, M. Becker, H. Bartelt, W. Urbanczyk, J. Wojcik, W. De Waele, J. Degrieck, H. Terryn, F. Berghmans and H. Thienpont, "Transversal Load Sensing with Fiber Bragg Gratings in Microstructured Optical Fibers", IEEE Photonics Technology Letters vol. 21, pp. 6-8, 2009.
80. T. Geernaert, T. Nasilowski, K. Chah, M. Szpulak, J. Olszewski, G. Statkiewicz, J. Wojcik, K. Poturaj, W. Urbanczyk, and M. Becker, "Fiber Bragg gratings in Germanium-Doped highly birefringent microstructured optical fibers", IEEE PhotonicsTechnology Letters vol. 20, pp. 554-556, 2008.
81. G. Luyckx, E. Voet, T. Geernaert, K. Chah, T. Nasilowski, W. De Waele, W. Van Paepegem, M. Becker, H. Bartelt, W. Urbanczyk, J. Wojcik, J. Degrieck, F. Berghmans and H. Thienpont, "Response of FBGs in Microstructured and Bow Tie Fibers Embedded in Laminated Composite", IEEE Photonics Technology Letters vol. 20, pp. 554-556, 2008.
82. F. Benabid, J. C. Knight, G. Antonopoulos, and P. St. J. Russell, "Stimulated Raman scattering in hydrogen-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber", Science vol. 298, no. 5592, pp. 399-402, 2002.
83. T. Ritari, J. Tuominen, H. Ludvigsen, et al., "Gas sensing using air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers", Optics Express vol. 12, no. 17, pp. 4080-4087, 2004.
84. M. J. F. Digonnet, H. K. Kim, S. Blin, V. Dangui, and G. S. Kino, "Sensitivity and stability of an aircore fiber-optic gyroscope", in Optical Fiber Sensors, OSA Technical Digest (CD), Optical Society of America, 2006, paper ME1.
85. M.C.J. Large, L. Poladian, G.W. Barton and M.A. van Eijkelenborg, Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibers, New York:Springer, 2008.
86. H. Dobb, K. Kalli, and D. J. Webb, "Temperature-insensitive long period grating sensors in photonic crystal fiber", Electronics Letters vol. 40, pp. 657-658, 2004.
87. H. Dobb, D. J. Webb, K. Kalli, A. Argyros, M. C. J. Large and M. A. van Eijkelenborg, "Continuous wave ultraviolet light-induced fiber Bragg gratings in few- and single-mode microstructured polymer optical fibers", Optics Letters vol. 30, pp. 3296-3298, 2005.
88. C. Zhang, K. Carroll, D. J. Webb, et al., "Recent progress in polymer optical fiber gratings," in Proceedings of the SPIE vol. 7004, 2008, pp. 70044G-70044G-5.
89. S. J. Mihailov, D. Grobnic, H. Ding, C. W. Smelser and J. Broeng, "Femtosecond IR laser fabrication of Bragg gratings in photonic crystal fibers and tapers", IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, pp. 1837-1839, 2006.
90. A. Martinez et al., "Direct inscription of Bragg gratings in coated fibers by an infrared femtosecond laser", Optics Letters vol. 31, pp. 1603, 2006.
91. M. Becker, L. Fernandes, M. Rothhardt, S. Brueckner, K. Schuster, J. Kobelke, O. Frazao, H. Bartelt, and P. Marques, "Inscription of fiber Bragg grating arrays in pure silica suspended core fibers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 1453-1455, 2009.
92. A. G. Mignani, "Spectroscopic and chemical sensors," Workshop Tutorial, 19th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors OFS-19, Perth, Australia, 2008.
93. "Biophotonic Instrumentation and Sensing," Special Workshop Session, 20th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors OFS-20, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2009.
94. "Worldwide revenues for fiber-optic sensors to reach $370 million by 2011", Fiber Optics Weekly Update, 30 September 2005.
95. P. E. Sanders, D. A. Krohn, "Market Opportunities for Photonic and Optical Fiber Sensors", OFC/ NFOEC 2007 Workshop: Future of Fiber Optic Sensors, March 2007.
96. "Global Fiber Optic Sensors Market to Cross $650 Million by 2010", Fiber Optic Sensors: A Global Strategic Business Report, http://www.electronics.ca
97. Caren B. Les, "Fiber optic sensors market seen hitting $1.6 billion mark", http://www.photonics. com
98. J. T. Kringlebotn, H. Nakstad, M. Eriksrud, "Fiber optic ocean bottom seismic cable system: from innovation to commercial success", in Proceedings of the SPIE vol. 7503, 2009, pp. 75037U-1-75037U-4.
99. A. Méndez, "Fiber Bragg grating sensors: a market overview", in Proceedings of the SPIE vol. 6619, 2007, pp. 661905-1-661905-4.
100. E. Pinet, C. Hamel, "True challenges of disposable optical fiber sensors for clinical environment", in Proceedings of the SPIE vol. 6619, 2007, pp. 66191Q
101. F. Berghmans, S. Eve, M. Held, "An introduction to reliability of optical components and fiber optic sensors", in Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging, W. J. Bock, Dordrecht: Springer, 2008, pp. 73-100.
102. "Optical-fiber sensors, Technology focus", Nature Photonics vol. 2, 2008.
103. W. R. Habel, I. Baumann, F. Berghmans, K. Borzycki, C. Chojetzki, K.-H. Haase, L. R. Jaroszewicz, T. Kleckers, M. Niklès, M. Rothhardt, V. Schlüter, L. Thévenaz, M. Tur, M. Wuilpart, "Guidelines for the characterization and use of fiber optic sensors - Basic definitions & a proposed standard for FBG-based strain sensors", in Proceedings of the SPIE vol. 7503, 2009, pp. 75035E-1-75037E-4.