ISSN:
1662-8985
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Optical fibers, in particular, glass fibers, are mostly used in the field of opticalcommunication, however in recent years new optical sensors based on the optical fibers have beenreported in literature and produced commercially. Extrinsic and intrinsic character of the fibers havebeen implemented in development of such sensing devices. Glass Optical Fibers (GOF) because oflow attenuation are more suitable for the optical communication purposes while Plastic OpticalFibers are advantageous for the linking purpose and some sensing operations. Considering this pointdifferent (POF) optical fiber sensors have been developed by author to show potential applicationsof POFs in sensor technology. New simple devices at the minimum cost are introduced in this study.Results for light reflection sensing, light leakage sensing, level sensing, and distance gauging areobtained. Presented systems are mostly in bulk form, however, these devices with good resultsshow that in principle, these ideas can be implemented in design of small scale devices. It seems tobe a great potential to apply these ideas in order to develop new devices suitable for compact andintegrated applications. In this article some examples are given in which the reported results verifythe concept and applicability of such devices for future sensing technology
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/40/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAMR.47-50.161.pdf
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