All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber
An all-fiber approach is presented to measure surface tension. The experimental realization relies on the use of a specialty fiber, a so-called two-hole fiber (THF), which serves a two-fold purpose: providing a capillary channel to produce bubbles while having the means to measure the power reflecte...
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| author | Jose R. Guzman-Sepulveda Daniel A. May-Arrioja Miguel A. Fuentes-Fuentes Natanael Cuando-Espitia Miguel Torres-Cisneros Karina Gonzalez-Gutierrez Patrick LiKamWa |
| author_facet | Jose R. Guzman-Sepulveda Daniel A. May-Arrioja Miguel A. Fuentes-Fuentes Natanael Cuando-Espitia Miguel Torres-Cisneros Karina Gonzalez-Gutierrez Patrick LiKamWa |
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| description | An all-fiber approach is presented to measure surface tension. The experimental realization relies on the use of a specialty fiber, a so-called two-hole fiber (THF), which serves a two-fold purpose: providing a capillary channel to produce bubbles while having the means to measure the power reflected at the end facet of the fiber core. We demonstrate that provided a controlled injection of gas into the hollow channels of the THF, surface tension measurements are possible by simply tracking the Fresnel reflection at the distal end of the THF. Our results show that the characteristic times involved in the bubble formation process, from where the surface tension of the liquids under test is retrieved, can be measured from the train of pulses generated by the continuous formation and detachment of bubbles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1a6f5f26bc4486a95d49a2d05d9fd672023-11-20T08:22:59ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-07-012015421910.3390/s20154219All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole FiberJose R. Guzman-Sepulveda0Daniel A. May-Arrioja1Miguel A. Fuentes-Fuentes2Natanael Cuando-Espitia3Miguel Torres-Cisneros4Karina Gonzalez-Gutierrez5Patrick LiKamWa6Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV Unidad Monterrey), Apodaca, Nuevo Leon 66600, MexicoFiber and Integrated Optics Laboratory, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C., Aguascalientes, AGS 20200, MexicoFiber and Integrated Optics Laboratory, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C., Aguascalientes, AGS 20200, MexicoCONACyT, Applied Physics Group, DICIS, University of Guanajuato, Salamanca, GTO 368850, MexicoApplied Physics Group, DICIS, University of Guanajuato, Salamanca, GTO 368850, MexicoMotorola Solutions de México, Cuajimalpa, CDMX 05120, MexicoCREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USAAn all-fiber approach is presented to measure surface tension. The experimental realization relies on the use of a specialty fiber, a so-called two-hole fiber (THF), which serves a two-fold purpose: providing a capillary channel to produce bubbles while having the means to measure the power reflected at the end facet of the fiber core. We demonstrate that provided a controlled injection of gas into the hollow channels of the THF, surface tension measurements are possible by simply tracking the Fresnel reflection at the distal end of the THF. Our results show that the characteristic times involved in the bubble formation process, from where the surface tension of the liquids under test is retrieved, can be measured from the train of pulses generated by the continuous formation and detachment of bubbles.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/15/4219surface tensionspecialty fiberfiber optic sensoroptofluidic sensorremote sensingoptical sensing and sensors |
| spellingShingle | Jose R. Guzman-Sepulveda Daniel A. May-Arrioja Miguel A. Fuentes-Fuentes Natanael Cuando-Espitia Miguel Torres-Cisneros Karina Gonzalez-Gutierrez Patrick LiKamWa All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber Sensors surface tension specialty fiber fiber optic sensor optofluidic sensor remote sensing optical sensing and sensors |
| title | All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber |
| title_full | All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber |
| title_fullStr | All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber |
| title_full_unstemmed | All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber |
| title_short | All-Fiber Measurement of Surface Tension Using a Two-Hole Fiber |
| title_sort | all fiber measurement of surface tension using a two hole fiber |
| topic | surface tension specialty fiber fiber optic sensor optofluidic sensor remote sensing optical sensing and sensors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/15/4219 |
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