Fabrication of a helical structure on a commercial plastic optical fiber for refractive index sensing

Peng Xue; Fangda Yu; Bingcheng Wu; Haiyang Bao; Jie Zheng

doi:10.1117/12.2537187

20 November 2019 Fabrication of a helical structure on a commercial plastic optical fiber for refractive index sensing

Peng Xue, Fangda Yu, Bingcheng Wu, Haiyang Bao, Jie Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11191, Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications IX; 111910X (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2537187
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2019, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

In this paper, a helical structure is fabricated on a commercial plastic optical fiber (POF) by heat pressing and twisting method. The helical POF is proposed as a RI sensor. A POF is firstly heated and pressed to form a flat-shape with a thickness of 60% of the diameter of the POF. After that, the flat-shape is twisted into a helical structure. The helical structures fabricated on POFs (with diameters of 0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 mm) and with lengths (of 10, 15, and 20mm) are experimentally evaluated for liquid RI measurement, and the results show that when the helical structure is fabricated on the POF with a diameter of 1.00 mm, a helical pitch of 2mm, and a length of 15mm, the RI sensitivities of 2292%/RIU, 4128%/RIU, and 1750%/RIU are obtained in the RI ranges of 1.33-1.37, 1.37-1.40, and 1.41-1.45, respectively. The experiment results have demonstrated that the proposed sensor is a low-cost solution for RI measurement, and with the features of high sensitivity, simple structure, easy fabrication, compact size and intensity modulation at visible wavelengths.

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Peng Xue, Fangda Yu, Bingcheng Wu, Haiyang Bao, and Jie Zheng "Fabrication of a helical structure on a commercial plastic optical fiber for refractive index sensing", Proc. SPIE 11191, Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications IX, 111910X (20 November 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2537187

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