Stress Sensing by an Optical Fiber Sensor: Method and Process for the Characterization of the Sensor Response Depending on Several Designs

Mustapha Remouche, Francis Georges, Patrick Meyrueis

Icube Laboratory, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France.
Volumion Company SAS, Mulhouse, France.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2013.32032                

Abstract

In this paper we propose an analyzing of the response of a stress optical fiber sensor of which we proposed several design. We show that an optical fiber sensor with these designs can covenanting allow the measuring the force/stress applied to a mechanical structure or which it is linked, by optimizing the uses of appropriate materials for constituting the sensor support. The experiment that we introduce to validate our approach based in principles includes design with a support bearing a multimode optical fiber organized in such a way that the transmitted light is attenuated when the fiber-bending angle coming from stitching in holes of the support is modified by the effects of the force/stress applied to the optical fiber sensor realized in this way. The tests realized concern the most relevant parameters that define the performances of the stress sensor that we propose. We present the problems that we to solved for the optimization of the sensor for selecting the more efficient material for the optical fiber sensor support related to a relevant choice of optical fibers.

Keywords

Optical Waveguide; Optical Fiber; Sensor; Force; Stress; Strain; Microbending

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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