TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward Commercial Polymer Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: Review and Applications
AU - Broadway, Christian
AU - Min, Rui
AU - Leal-Junior, Arnaldo gomes
AU - Marques, Carlos
AU - Caucheteur, Christophe
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - Interest in polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) arises from the different material properties and sensing modalities brought by polymers relative to silica. Polymer fibers typically offer twice the sensitivity to temperature of conventional silica fiber and increased sensitivity to strain overall. In addition, polymer fibers have higher elastic limits and as a result a larger range of operation for physical constraints. While some polymers are effectively humidity insensitive, others present inherent humidity sensitivity. Their organic properties also allow a variety of chemical processes to create (bio)chemical sensors, with the consequences of fiber breakage in situ being less hazardous than silica. These attributes have led to the use of POFBGs for applications that remain complex using silica fibers. This review paper covers the progress toward commercialization and the increasing number of specific applications.
AB - Interest in polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) arises from the different material properties and sensing modalities brought by polymers relative to silica. Polymer fibers typically offer twice the sensitivity to temperature of conventional silica fiber and increased sensitivity to strain overall. In addition, polymer fibers have higher elastic limits and as a result a larger range of operation for physical constraints. While some polymers are effectively humidity insensitive, others present inherent humidity sensitivity. Their organic properties also allow a variety of chemical processes to create (bio)chemical sensors, with the consequences of fiber breakage in situ being less hazardous than silica. These attributes have led to the use of POFBGs for applications that remain complex using silica fibers. This review paper covers the progress toward commercialization and the increasing number of specific applications.
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8570755
U2 - 10.1109/JLT.2018.2885957
DO - 10.1109/JLT.2018.2885957
M3 - Article
SN - 0733-8724
VL - 37
SP - 2605
EP - 2615
JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology
JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology
IS - 11
ER -