• DocumentCode
    3431869
  • Title

    Exploiting Polymer Photonic Crystal Fibre Uniqueness - A Simple High Resolution Pressure Sensor

  • Author

    Milczewski, M.S. ; Stevenson, Michael ; Canning, John ; Martelli, Cicero ; Kalinowski, Hypolito

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Chem., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    24-27 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A simple pressure sensor based on attenuation arising from deformation of the structure within a photonic crystal fibre is proposed and demonstrated. In particular, we compare polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and silica photonic crystal fibres.
  • Keywords
    deformation; fibre optic sensors; optical glass; optical polymers; photonic crystals; pressure sensors; SiO2; polymer photonic crystal fibre; polymethylmethacrylate; pressure sensor; silica photonic crystal fibres; structure deformation; Australia; Bonding; Loss measurement; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Photonic crystal fibers; Polymers; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-3-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-3-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519151
  • Filename
    4519151