Realization of a fiber optic sensor detecting the presence of a liquid

B. Guzowski; M. Łakomski; K. Nowogrodzki

doi:10.1117/12.2245777

10 November 2016 Realization of a fiber optic sensor detecting the presence of a liquid

B. Guzowski, M. Łakomski, K. Nowogrodzki

Proceedings Volume 10161, 14th International Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors; 101610J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2245777
Event: 14th International Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors, 2016, Gdansk, Poland

Abstract

Over the past thirty years, optical fibers have revolutionized the telecommunication market. Fiber optics play also important roles in other numerous applications. One of these applications is fiber sensing – very fast developing area. In this paper, realization of different configurations of a fiber optic sensor detecting the presence of liquid is presented. In the presented sensor, two multimode fibers (MMF) are placed opposite each other, where the first one transmits the light radiation, while the second one is a receiver. Due to the small size of the core (50 μm diameter), they had to be precisely positioned. Therefore the optical fibers were placed in the etched channels in the silicon substrate.

In order to make sensors more sensitive, ball-lensed optical fibers were used. Four different diameters of lenses were examined. Sensitivity to the presence of liquids was compared in all realized sensors. Moreover, the influence of distance between the transmitting and receiving optical fiber on the received optical power is also described in this paper. All developed sensors were tested at 1300 nm wavelength. In the last part of this paper the detailed discussion is given.

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B. Guzowski, M. Łakomski, and K. Nowogrodzki "Realization of a fiber optic sensor detecting the presence of a liquid", Proc. SPIE 10161, 14th International Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors, 101610J (10 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2245777

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