Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System
This paper introduces a revolutionary way to interrogate optical fiber sensors based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and to integrate the necessary driving optoelectronic components with the sensor elements. Low-cost optoelectronic chips are used to interrogate the optical fibers, creating a portable...
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| author | Peter Van Daele Kate Sugden David J. Webb Oliver Maskery Sandeep Kalathimekkad Jeroen Missinne Graham Lee Erwin Bosman Bram Van Hoe Geert Van Steenberge |
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| description | This paper introduces a revolutionary way to interrogate optical fiber sensors based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and to integrate the necessary driving optoelectronic components with the sensor elements. Low-cost optoelectronic chips are used to interrogate the optical fibers, creating a portable dynamic sensing system as an alternative for the traditionally bulky and expensive fiber sensor interrogation units. The possibility to embed these laser and detector chips is demonstrated resulting in an ultra thin flexible optoelectronic package of only 40 μm, provided with an integrated planar fiber pigtail. The result is a fully embedded flexible sensing system with a thickness of only 1 mm, based on a single Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL), fiber sensor and photodetector chip. Temperature, strain and electrodynamic shaking tests have been performed on our system, not limited to static read-out measurements but dynamically reconstructing full spectral information datasets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-805d0f6d0005413d85ac06a1e3494b5e2022-12-22T04:01:47ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202012-09-01129120521206910.3390/s120912052Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing SystemPeter Van DaeleKate SugdenDavid J. WebbOliver MaskerySandeep KalathimekkadJeroen MissinneGraham LeeErwin BosmanBram Van HoeGeert Van SteenbergeThis paper introduces a revolutionary way to interrogate optical fiber sensors based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and to integrate the necessary driving optoelectronic components with the sensor elements. Low-cost optoelectronic chips are used to interrogate the optical fibers, creating a portable dynamic sensing system as an alternative for the traditionally bulky and expensive fiber sensor interrogation units. The possibility to embed these laser and detector chips is demonstrated resulting in an ultra thin flexible optoelectronic package of only 40 μm, provided with an integrated planar fiber pigtail. The result is a fully embedded flexible sensing system with a thickness of only 1 mm, based on a single Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL), fiber sensor and photodetector chip. Temperature, strain and electrodynamic shaking tests have been performed on our system, not limited to static read-out measurements but dynamically reconstructing full spectral information datasets.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/9/12052dynamic read-outfiber sensorflexibleintegrationlow-costpolymer embeddingultra thin optoelectronic chip packageVCSEL |
| spellingShingle | Peter Van Daele Kate Sugden David J. Webb Oliver Maskery Sandeep Kalathimekkad Jeroen Missinne Graham Lee Erwin Bosman Bram Van Hoe Geert Van Steenberge Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System Sensors dynamic read-out fiber sensor flexible integration low-cost polymer embedding ultra thin optoelectronic chip package VCSEL |
| title | Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System |
| title_full | Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System |
| title_fullStr | Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System |
| title_short | Ultra Small Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing System |
| title_sort | ultra small integrated optical fiber sensing system |
| topic | dynamic read-out fiber sensor flexible integration low-cost polymer embedding ultra thin optoelectronic chip package VCSEL |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/9/12052 |
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