Directional bend sensor based on an asymmetric modification of the fiber cladding by femtosecond laser

Thomas D.P. Allsop; Mykhaylo Dubov; Amós Martínez; Filip Floreani; Igor Khrushchev; David J. Webb; Ian Bennion

Directional bend sensor based on an asymmetric modification of the fiber cladding by femtosecond laser

Thomas D.P. Allsop, Mykhaylo Dubov^*, Amós Martínez, Filip Floreani, Igor Khrushchev, David J. Webb, Ian Bennion

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College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Abstract

A femtosecond laser was used to modify a part of the cladding of a standard LPG bend sensor. The device produced wavelength shifts depending upon the direction of bend, thus making a shape sensor. © 2005 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO
Pages	2179-2181
Number of pages	3
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-55752-813-1, 1-55752-813-6
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2005
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 22 May 2005 → 27 May 2005

Conference

Conference	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies
Abbreviated title	CLEO 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	22/05/05 → 27/05/05

Bibliographical note

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland (US), 22 May 2005, Ultrafast Laser Processing (CFG). Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2005), paper CFG6.

Keywords

cladding
laser pulses
liquefied petroleum gas
optical fibers
directional bend sensors
wavelength shifts

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