Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications
A review of recent progress in the use of infrared femtosecond lasers to fabricate optical fiber sensors that incorporate fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) and random fiber gratings (RFG) is presented. The important advancements in femtosecond laser writing based on the phase mask technique now allow throu...
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| author | Stephen J. Mihailov Cyril Hnatovsky Nurmemet Abdukerim Robert B. Walker Ping Lu Yanping Xu Xiaoyi Bao Huimin Ding Manny De Silva David Coulas Dan Grobnic |
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| description | A review of recent progress in the use of infrared femtosecond lasers to fabricate optical fiber sensors that incorporate fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) and random fiber gratings (RFG) is presented. The important advancements in femtosecond laser writing based on the phase mask technique now allow through-the-coating (TTC) fabrication of Bragg gratings in ultra-thin fiber filaments, tilted fiber Bragg gratings, and 1000 °C-resistant fiber Bragg gratings with very strong cladding modes. As an example, through-the-coating femtosecond laser writing is used to manufacture distributed fiber Bragg grating sensor arrays for oil pipeline leak detection. The plane-by-plane femtosecond laser writing technique used for the inscription of random fiber gratings is also reviewed and novel applications of the resultant devices in distributed temperature sensing, fiber lasers and fiber laser sensors are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54bbfbdfb280401ea655f206e9bdddcb2023-12-11T17:39:45ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-02-01214144710.3390/s21041447Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing ApplicationsStephen J. Mihailov0Cyril Hnatovsky1Nurmemet Abdukerim2Robert B. Walker3Ping Lu4Yanping Xu5Xiaoyi Bao6Huimin Ding7Manny De Silva8David Coulas9Dan Grobnic10National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaInfinera Canada Inc., 555 Legget Dr., Ottawa, ON K2K 2X3, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaCenter for Optics Research and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaPhysics Department, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaNational Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, CanadaA review of recent progress in the use of infrared femtosecond lasers to fabricate optical fiber sensors that incorporate fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) and random fiber gratings (RFG) is presented. The important advancements in femtosecond laser writing based on the phase mask technique now allow through-the-coating (TTC) fabrication of Bragg gratings in ultra-thin fiber filaments, tilted fiber Bragg gratings, and 1000 °C-resistant fiber Bragg gratings with very strong cladding modes. As an example, through-the-coating femtosecond laser writing is used to manufacture distributed fiber Bragg grating sensor arrays for oil pipeline leak detection. The plane-by-plane femtosecond laser writing technique used for the inscription of random fiber gratings is also reviewed and novel applications of the resultant devices in distributed temperature sensing, fiber lasers and fiber laser sensors are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1447fiber Bragg gratingsrandom fiber gratingsfemtosecond laserfiber optic sensor |
| spellingShingle | Stephen J. Mihailov Cyril Hnatovsky Nurmemet Abdukerim Robert B. Walker Ping Lu Yanping Xu Xiaoyi Bao Huimin Ding Manny De Silva David Coulas Dan Grobnic Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications Sensors fiber Bragg gratings random fiber gratings femtosecond laser fiber optic sensor |
| title | Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications |
| title_full | Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications |
| title_fullStr | Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications |
| title_short | Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications |
| title_sort | ultrafast laser processing of optical fibers for sensing applications |
| topic | fiber Bragg gratings random fiber gratings femtosecond laser fiber optic sensor |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1447 |
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