Micro-displacement sensor based on a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Sensors (Basel). 2012 Dec 17;12(12):17497-503. doi: 10.3390/s121217497.

Abstract

A sensing head based on a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for in-reflection measurement of micro-displacements is presented. The sensing structure takes advantage of the multimodal behavior of a short segment of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber in-reflection, being spliced to a single mode fiber at its other end. A modal interferometer is obtained when the sensing head is close to a mirror, through which displacement is measured.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design*
  • Humans
  • Interferometry
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Refractometry