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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

11. Photonic Crystal Fiber Pressure Sensors

Authors : Zhengyong Liu, Hwa-Yaw Tam

Published in: Computational Photonic Sensors

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter introduces photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) specifically designed for pressure sensors, including PCF fabrication to introduce birefringence and pressure sensor design incorporating the PCFs. Simulation and experimental results for pressure sensors incorporating two common principles, grating and interferometry, are presented. The flexibility of designing PCF microstructures means PCF pressure sensors with very high sensitivity and accuracy are relatively easily fabricated, compared with conventional methods based on single-mode fibers, microcavities, or electrical methods. Various PCF-based pressure sensor performances are compared. Pressure sensitivity varies with the employed principle, and we show that polarimetric techniques provide the highest sensitivity compared with other types. Higher sensor sensitivity and resolution allows for a large measurement dynamic range. The proposed novel pressure sensors will meet the increasing requirements and have many applications for pressure monitoring, e.g., oil industry and biomedical detection.

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Metadata
Title
Photonic Crystal Fiber Pressure Sensors
Authors
Zhengyong Liu
Hwa-Yaw Tam
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Computational Photonic Sensors

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-76555-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-76556-3

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76556-3_11