Nanostructure-based optical fibre sensor systems and examples of their application

Reinhardt Willsch; Wolfgang Ecke; Guenter Schwotzer; Hartmut Bartelt

doi:10.1117/12.723977

16 May 2007 Nanostructure-based optical fibre sensor systems and examples of their application

Reinhardt Willsch, Wolfgang Ecke, Guenter Schwotzer, Hartmut Bartelt

Proceedings Volume 6585, Optical Sensing Technology and Applications; 65850B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723977
Event: International Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The combination of fibre optics with micro- and nano-structure technologies offers great potential for the realisation of novel sensor concepts. Selected examples of advanced optical fibre sensor systems based on sub-wavelength structured components will be presented. Such examples are highly sensitive extrinsic fibre-optic humidity and hydrocarbon sensors for application in gas industry and in environmental monitoring using nano-porous thin-film Fabry-Perot transducer elements, or intrinsic fibre Bragg grating sensor networks for structural health monitoring (i.e., monitoring mechanical strain and deformation, vibration, temperature) in electric power facilities, aerospace, railways and geotechnical engineering as well as for chemical detection (e.g., hydrogen). Additionally, new concepts for chemical and biochemical sensing applying plasmonic metal nano-particles, photonic crystal fibres, and optical nano-wires will be discussed.

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Reinhardt Willsch, Wolfgang Ecke, Guenter Schwotzer, and Hartmut Bartelt "Nanostructure-based optical fibre sensor systems and examples of their application", Proc. SPIE 6585, Optical Sensing Technology and Applications, 65850B (16 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723977

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