scholarly journals Multifunctional Smart Optical Fibers: Materials, Fabrication, and Sensing Applications

Photonics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengyong Liu ◽  
Zhi Zhang ◽  
Hwa-Yaw Tam ◽  
Xiaoming Tao
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Silica Glass ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Device Fabrication ◽  
Fiber Sensors ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Fiber Design ◽  
Healthcare Monitoring ◽  
Multiple Materials

This paper presents a review of the development of optical fibers made of multiple materials, particularly including silica glass, soft glass, polymers, hydrogels, biomaterials, Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and Polyperfluoro-Butenylvinyleth (CYTOP). The properties of the materials are discussed according to their various applications. Typical fabrication techniques for specialty optical fibers based on these materials are introduced, which are mainly focused on extrusion, drilling, and stacking methods depending on the materials’ thermal properties. Microstructures render multiple functions of optical fibers and bring more flexibility in fiber design and device fabrication. In particular, micro-structured optical fibers made from different types of materials are reviewed. The sensing capability of optical fibers enables smart monitoring. Widely used techniques to develop fiber sensors, i.e., fiber Bragg grating and interferometry, are discussed in terms of sensing principles and fabrication methods. Lastly, sensing applications in oil/gas, optofluidics, and particularly healthcare monitoring using specialty optical fibers are demonstrated. In comparison with conventional silica-glass single-mode fiber, state-of-the-art specialty optical fibers provide promising prospects in sensing applications due to flexible choices in materials and microstructures.

scholarly journals Microdrilled tapers to enhance optical fiber lasers for sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Perez-Herrera ◽  
M. Bravo ◽  
P. Roldan-Varona ◽  
D. Leandro ◽  
L. Rodriguez-Cobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Fiber Lasers ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Output Power Level ◽  
Linear Cavity

AbstractIn this work, an experimental analysis of the performance of different types of quasi-randomly distributed reflectors inscribed into a single-mode fiber as a sensing mirror is presented. These artificially-controlled backscattering fiber reflectors are used in short linear cavity fiber lasers. In particular, laser emission and sensor application features are analyzed when employing optical tapered fibers, micro-drilled optical fibers and 50 μm-waist or 100 μm-waist micro-drilled tapered fibers (MDTF). Single-wavelength laser with an output power level of about 8.2 dBm and an optical signal-to-noise ratio of 45 dB were measured when employing a 50 μm-waist micro-drilled tapered optical fiber. The achieved temperature sensitivities were similar to those of FBGs; however, the strain sensitivity improved more than one order of magnitude in comparison with FBG sensors, attaining slope sensitivities as good as 18.1 pm/με when using a 50 μm-waist MDTF as distributed reflector.

scholarly journals Dual Polarization-Based Transmitter Configuration Improving Q-Factor for a Single-Mode Fiber Link

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4286-4289
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Phase Variation ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Spectrum Efficiency ◽  
Q Factor ◽  
Nonlinear Optical Effect ◽  
Communication Range ◽  
Fiber Link

The requirement of the modern application is to transmit wide bandwidth of signal with the low latency. The optical fibers provide wide transmission bandwidth along with very little delay as well as choice on choosing transmission medium for high data rate. However, Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) is a nonlinear optical effect that restricts power level into a fiber to few milliwatts. It degrades the Q-factor and consequently the bit error rate of an optical fiber link. For suppression of SBS, various approaches have been used previously such as PSK, ASK, FSK, CSRZ-DQPSK etc. Among all the previous techniques, CSRZ-DQPSK transmitter is considered as the most efficient one for suppression of SBS. However, it consists of some drawbacks such as low spectrum efficiency, susceptibility to phase variation and short communication range, due to which requirement arises of upgrading the previous work. Therefore, in the proposed work (i.e. CSRZ-DP-QPSK), DP-QPSK scheme is used which makes the system more efficient as it has high spectrum efficiency and improved sensitivity. Also, the communication range is elongated in present work. The performance evaluation of CSRZ-DP-QPSK approach has been performed in terms of Q-Factor, BER, and threshold. Also, the comparative analysis of the proposed approach with conventional approaches has been performed and from the obtained results it has been demonstrated that proposed work is more efficient than conventional one as it has better SBS tolerance and improved BER.

scholarly journals MOCVD Growth and Fabrication of High Power MUTC Photodiodes Using InGaAs-InP System

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Nandan Singh ◽  
Charles Kin Fai Ho ◽  
Guo Xin Tina ◽  
Manoj Kumar Chandra Mohan ◽  
Kenneth Eng Kian Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Antireflection Coating ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Device Fabrication ◽  
Group V ◽  
Mocvd Growth ◽  
Diode Ideality Factor ◽  
Processing Techniques

We report charge-compensated modified uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes (MUTC-PDs) with high photocurrent and fast response, grown using liquid group-V precursor, in an AIXTRON MOCVD system. The liquid group-V precursors involve less toxicity with better decomposition characteristics. Device fabrication is completed with standard processing techniques with BCB passivation. DC and RF measurements are carried out using a single mode fiber at 1.55 μm. For a 24-μm-diameter device (with diode ideality factor of 1.34), the dark current is 32.5 nA and the 3-dB bandwidth is ≫20 GHz at a reverse bias of 5 V, which are comparable to the theoretical values. High photocurrent of over 150.0 mA from larger diameter (>60 μm) devices is obtained. The maximum DC responsivity at 1.55 μm wavelength is 0.51 A/W, without antireflection coating. These photodiodes play a key role in the progress of the future THz communication systems.

scholarly journals Ultrashort Long-Period Fiber Gratings Inscribed on a Single-Mode Fiber for Torsion Sensing Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Nespereira ◽  
João M. P. Coelho ◽  
José Manuel Rebordão
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Wavelength Shift ◽  
Fiber Grating ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
High Tension ◽  
Long Period Fiber Gratings ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Period Fiber Grating

The response of ultrashort-length CO2-induced long-period fiber grating (LPFG) sensors to torsion is reported. While engraving using CO2 laser radiation, the fiber is submitted to high tension allowing the obtainment of gratings with shorter lengths, down to 2.4 mm, which is almost one order of magnitude lower than the usual. Also, the fiber is only irradiated in one side, creating an asymmetrical profile leading to highly birefringent gratings. Sensitivity to axial twists is demonstrated, with values up to 0.15 nm/(rad/m) for the resonant wavelength shift and higher than 0.03 dBm/(rad/m) for the variation in the intensity (attenuation). Discrimination between rotation directions, clockwise and counterclockwise, was observed.

scholarly journals Multimode interference in tapered single mode-multimode-single mode fiber structures for strain sensing applications

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo M. André ◽  
Claudecir R. Biazoli ◽  
Susana O. Silva ◽  
Manuel B. Marques ◽  
Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Multimode Interference ◽  
Strain Sensing ◽  
Sensing Applications

Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor for Blood with Different Concentration of Zinc

2020 ◽  
Vol 1002 ◽  
pp. 290-299
Author(s):  
Raghad Hani ◽  
Bushra R. Mahdi ◽  
Ayad Z. Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Photonic Crystal Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Zinc Concentration ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Concentration Change ◽  
Crystal Fiber ◽  
Output Laser

Zinc is one of the important material in human blood because of its effect in defensive system work for properly and it plays an important role in growth, wound healing Medically zinc concentration effect directly in skin health so it's important to make a sensor for discover zinc and its concentration change in human blood for each of male and female. Optical fibers are used as a sensor for detecting zinc and its concentration by transmitted laser signal through the optical fiber by using different types (single mode fiber SMF, photonic crystal fiber PCF) by studying the results of output laser the detection can be seen for zinc concentration change, the design of small PCF which the same LMA_10 but smaller in its radius of core and cladding even the distance between cores. The smallest PCF size has the best detection for all zinc concentration change in blood all that was done by comsol Multiphysics 5.4 simulation program

Experimental Research of Strain and Temperature Based on EFPI Sensor

2011 ◽  
Vol 130-134 ◽  
pp. 4185-4188
Author(s):  
Xiu Feng Yang ◽  
Chun Yu Zhang ◽  
Zheng Rong Tong
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
High Repetition ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
The Many ◽  
Multi Mode

An extrinsic Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometric (EFPI) sensor by using simple etching and fusing method is proposed and demonstrated. The cavity is formed by wet chemical etching of multi-mode fiber (MMF) end face in hydrofluoric acid solutions, and then it is fused to the end of a single-mode fiber (SMF) to form an extrinsic F-P structure. The strain and temperature of EFPI sensor are studied experimentally. The experimental results show that the interference wavelength becomes 2.648nm longer while the strain increases from 0N to 637N, and the strain sensitivity is about 0.004nm/N, and linearity is 0.999. The interference wavelength becomes 0.032nm shorter while the temperature increases from 20°C to 100°C. This kind of sensor has the many advantages of easy fabrication, good reliability, high-repetition, small size, low cost and mass-production, which offers great prospect for sensing applications.

scholarly journals Laser-Induced Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes in Fiber Optic Tips of MMI Devices

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 4512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natanael Cuando-Espitia ◽  
Juan Bernal-Martínez ◽  
Miguel Torres-Cisneros ◽  
Daniel May-Arrioja
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Fiber Optics ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Deposition Process ◽  
Liquid Solution ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Methanol Solutions ◽  
Polymer Dispersant

The integration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into optical fibers allows the application of their unique properties in robust and versatile devices. Here, we present a laser-induced technique to obtain the deposition of CNTs onto the fiber optics tips of multimode interference (MMI) devices. An MMI device is constructed by splicing a section of no-core fiber (NCF) to a single-mode fiber (SMF). The tip of the MMI device is immersed into a liquid solution of CNTs and laser light is launched into the MMI device. CNTs solutions using water and methanol as solvents were tested. In addition, the use of a polymer dispersant polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the CNTs solutions was also studied. We found that the laser-induced deposition of CNTs performed in water-based solutions generates non-uniform deposits. On the other hand, the laser-induced deposition performed with methanol solutions generates uniform deposits over the fiber tip when no PVP is used and deposition at the center of the fiber when PVP is present in the CNTs solution. The results show the crucial role of the solvent on the spatial features of the laser-induced deposition process. Finally, we register and study the reflection spectra of the as-fabricated CNTs deposited MMI devices.

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