Recent developments in polymer optical fiber strain sensors: A short review

Soge, Ayodele O.; Dairo, Oluropo F.; Sanyaolu, M. E.; Kareem, S.O.

doi:10.1007/s12596-021-00699-7

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“…Plasmonic resonance-based sensors, including photonic crystal, metasurface, resonator, and waveguide grating structures, are investigated for their capability of interpreting any minute changes in the refractive index of an arbitrary dielectric to specified changes at their resonance wavelengths [12][13][14][15][16][17]. The refractive index of a given analyte can be a function of parameters like its concentration [18], enforced pressure [19][20][21], temperature [22], and ongoing chemical reactions inside it [23]. The mentioned parameters can be measured explicitly via a refractive index sensor if the relations between them and their associated refractive indices are specified.…”

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Plasmonic refractive index nano sensor based on triplet coupled stub resonators based Fano resonances

Moeinimaleki,

Kaatuzian,

Mallah Livani

et al. 2023

IET Optoelectronics

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Fano resonance arises from the superposition of a narrow discrete resonance with a continuous state. In this paper, a Fano resonance‐based plasmonic refractive index sensor based on nanoscale metal‐insulator‐metal (MIM) waveguides is proposed and evaluated by applying the two‐dimensional finite‐difference time‐domain (2D FDTD) method. An MIM‐based single stub vertically attached to an MIM waveguide is considered as the unit cell of the waveguide system of the proposed structure. A transfer matrix of transmission and coupling complex coefficients is defined for the unit cell of the waveguide system of the proposed sensor, and the conditions for the authenticity of its modeling based on the transmission line theory are evaluated. A system of triplet coupled stub resonators (TCSRs) attached to an MIM waveguide is coupled with a disk resonator to induce Fano resonances in the transmission spectrum of the sensor. Fano resonance and its characteristics are utilized to improve the essential operating parameters of the sensor, such as full width at half maximum (FWHM) and figure of merit (FOM). In optimized conditions, for the system of TCSRs coupled to a disk resonator, a resonance with a sensitivity of 684 nm/RIU and an FOM of 621.8 1/RIU exhibited. Also, for the system of TCSRs coupled to a ring resonator, a resonance with a sensitivity of 3524 nm/RIU and an FOM of 35.24 1/RIU was achieved. Eventually, the numerically achieved results for the operating parameters of the sensor are validated using governing analytical methods.

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Plasmonic refractive index nano sensor based on triplet coupled stub resonators based Fano resonances

Moeinimaleki,

Kaatuzian,

Mallah Livani

et al. 2023

IET Optoelectronics

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“…Similar to silica optical fibers, polymer optical fibers (POFs) have several advantages, such as small footprint, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and multiplexing capabilities [1,2]. Moreover, due to unique advantages, such as low Young's modulus, large negative thermo-optic coefficients, high elastic strain limits, and high bending flexibility, POFs present superior characteristics for sensing applications [1,[3][4][5][6][7]. Though a variety of polymer materials with specific advantages have been used for POF fabrication, such as biocompatible polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) [8,9], cyclic olefin copolymers (TOPAS) with low water absorption [10], cyclic-olefin polymer (ZEONEX) with high glass transition temperature (T g ) [11,12], polycarbonate (PC) with excellent clarity and engineering strength [13], and cyclic transparent amorphous fluoropolymers (CYTOP) with low losses [14], polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is still the most prevailing material [8].…”

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Influence of Annealing on Polymer Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Inscription, Stability and Sensing: A Review

Qu,

Huang,

Lin

et al. 2023

Sensors

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This article reviews recent research progress on the annealing effects on polymer optical fibers (POFs), which are of great importance for inscription, stability and sensing applications of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in POFs due to their unique properties related to polymer molecular chains. In this review, the principle of annealing to reduce frozen-in stress in POFs drawing and different annealing timings are firstly summarized. Then, the annealing methods for POFs are introduced under several different conditions (temperature, humidity, strain, stress and solution). Afterwards, the principle of FBGs and several inscription techniques are reported. Subsequently, the annealing effects on the properties of POFs and polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) quality are discussed. Finally, the influence of annealing on POFBG sensitivity is summarized. Overall, this paper provides a comprehensive overview of annealing techniques and their impact on both POFs and POFBGs. We hope that it will highlight the important progress made in this field.

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“…Instead of SOF (silica optical fibers), that are mainly oriented to the telecom domain, for both backbone and access networks, due to their transmission capability of high capacity streams with minimum attenuation losses and dispersion [ 45 – 47 ], POFs, and since their appearance in 1960s, have known a large scale evolution, where they have been categorized in different types regarding their application domains and characteristics [ 48 ]. Step index POFs (SI-POFs) have been widely used for video surveillance and transport automation [ 49 , 50 ], where graded index POFs (GI-POFs) with an attenuation loss about 10 dB/km around the infrared wavelength is suitable for Giga-Ethernet Local Area Networks and Data centers [ 51 ]. In the literature, various recent researches have studied the effect of implementing naocomposites for various applications, such as zinc oxyde nanoparticles blended with CS/PVA for antimicrobial packaging purpose [ 52 ], polyanyline/sodium alginate-doped TiO 2 , Ag/TiO 2 -doped naoparticles with Cs/PEO for food packaging applications [ 53 , 54 ], and SWCNTs/TiO2 nanostructure blended with CMC/PEO for semiconductor industry [ 55 ].…”

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Studying the effect of polymethyl methacrylate polymer opticals fibers (POFs) on the performance of composite materials based on the polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polymer matrix

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More recently, various techniques have been implemented for the sensors manufacturing purpose, such as fiber Bragg gratings fibers (FBG) that allows variable core refractive index suitable for a large scale of measurements types, fiber optic evanescent waves (FOEW) for water parameters measurement, microstructured and crystal photonic optical fibers, polymers optical fiber (POFs), and so on. In this perspective, the objective of this work is to study the reliability and the origin of the resistance of each fiber-matrix interface of the composite materials PMMA/PEEK, Topas/PEEK, and Topas-Zeonex/PEEK. The genetic simulation is based on the probabilistic approach of Weibull to calculate the damage at the interface by crossing the two damages of the matrix and the fiber respectively. The results show that the PMMA/PEEK composite is the most resistant to the mechanical stresses applied compared to those Topas/PEEK and Topas-Zeonex/PEEK; these results were confirmed by the level of damage to the interface observed for the studied materials. The performed calculations are in good agreement with the analytical results of Cox, where he demonstrated that Young’s modulus of fibers have an important influence on the shear strength of the fiber-matrix interface of composite materials. Based on the obtained results, the present study gives the opportunity for the proposed materials (PMMA/PEEK and Zeonex/PEEK) to be as potential candidates for the smart digital applications and telecoms aims.

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Recent developments in polymer optical fiber strain sensors: A short review

Cited by 20 publications

References 81 publications

Plasmonic refractive index nano sensor based on triplet coupled stub resonators based Fano resonances

Plasmonic refractive index nano sensor based on triplet coupled stub resonators based Fano resonances

Influence of Annealing on Polymer Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Inscription, Stability and Sensing: A Review

Studying the effect of polymethyl methacrylate polymer opticals fibers (POFs) on the performance of composite materials based on the polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polymer matrix

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