Optical Structure with PDMS Microfibre for Displacement Measurement

Daniel Kacik, Ivan Martincek

2017

Abstract

We proposed, prepared and demonstrated an optical structure consists of conventional single-mode optical fibres and a bend PDMS microfiber. The structure forms Mach-Zehnder interferometer with variable length of an air arm. The structure can be used for sensing of various physical quantities as temperature, humidity, volatile organic compounds, etc. We demonstrated its usage by displacement measurement. For determination of a displacement we used a change of interference pattern period. The sensitivity of proposed structure is 0.027 nm/µn.

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Kacik D. and Martincek I. (2017). Optical Structure with PDMS Microfibre for Displacement Measurement . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: OSENS, (PHOTOPTICS 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-223-3, pages 365-368. DOI: 10.5220/0006298603650368


in Bibtex Style

@conference{osens17,
author={Daniel Kacik and Ivan Martincek},
title={Optical Structure with PDMS Microfibre for Displacement Measurement},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: OSENS, (PHOTOPTICS 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={365-368},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006298603650368},
isbn={978-989-758-223-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: OSENS, (PHOTOPTICS 2017)
TI - Optical Structure with PDMS Microfibre for Displacement Measurement
SN - 978-989-758-223-3
AU - Kacik D.
AU - Martincek I.
PY - 2017
SP - 365
EP - 368
DO - 10.5220/0006298603650368