Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review
Fiber optic sensors have gained popularity over the last few decades. This is due to their numerous advantages, such as good metrological parameters, biocompatibility and resistance to magnetic and electric fields and environmental pollution. However, those built from glass fiber have one main disad...
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| description | Fiber optic sensors have gained popularity over the last few decades. This is due to their numerous advantages, such as good metrological parameters, biocompatibility and resistance to magnetic and electric fields and environmental pollution. However, those built from glass fiber have one main disadvantage—they are fragile, meaning they can be easily damaged, even by the presence of vibration. Due to the great progress made by material research recently, it is possible to build such a sensor with polymer fibers instead. Although those fibers have worse transmission parameters compared to telecommunication fibers, they provide the possibility to realize flexible fiber optic sensors. Taking into consideration other advantages of such fibers, including biocompatibility, electromagnetic resistance and even, biodegradation characteristics, as well as there being a variety of materials we can use, it can be seen that those materials are beneficial to produce fiber optic sensors. This paper aims to provide researchers with guidelines on the factors to consider when choosing a material for bent fiber optic sensors, depending on the application. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9e0daf7e48b0418aa3af75664f01bd012025-01-24T13:46:21ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322025-01-011215610.3390/photonics12010056Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A ReviewPatryk Sokołowski0Jacek Łubiński1Paweł Wierzba2Jakub Czubek3Piotr Miluski4Filip Janiak5Shanyue Guan6Małgorzata Szczerska7Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Machine Design and Vehicles, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45D Street, 15-351 Bialystok, PolandDepartment of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandTechnical institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 29 Zhongguangcun East Road, Beijing 100190, ChinaDepartment of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandFiber optic sensors have gained popularity over the last few decades. This is due to their numerous advantages, such as good metrological parameters, biocompatibility and resistance to magnetic and electric fields and environmental pollution. However, those built from glass fiber have one main disadvantage—they are fragile, meaning they can be easily damaged, even by the presence of vibration. Due to the great progress made by material research recently, it is possible to build such a sensor with polymer fibers instead. Although those fibers have worse transmission parameters compared to telecommunication fibers, they provide the possibility to realize flexible fiber optic sensors. Taking into consideration other advantages of such fibers, including biocompatibility, electromagnetic resistance and even, biodegradation characteristics, as well as there being a variety of materials we can use, it can be seen that those materials are beneficial to produce fiber optic sensors. This paper aims to provide researchers with guidelines on the factors to consider when choosing a material for bent fiber optic sensors, depending on the application.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/12/1/56polymeroptical fiberfiber optic sensing |
| spellingShingle | Patryk Sokołowski Jacek Łubiński Paweł Wierzba Jakub Czubek Piotr Miluski Filip Janiak Shanyue Guan Małgorzata Szczerska Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review Photonics polymer optical fiber fiber optic sensing |
| title | Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review |
| title_full | Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review |
| title_short | Polymer Materials for U-Shaped Optic Fiber Sensors: A Review |
| title_sort | polymer materials for u shaped optic fiber sensors a review |
| topic | polymer optical fiber fiber optic sensing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/12/1/56 |
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