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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2004.15.5.415

Multiplexed Bend Loss Type Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Displacement Sensor Using Reflection Signals Generated at Optical Connectors  

Yoo Jung-Ae (Applied Optics and Electromagnetics, School of Natural Sciences, Hannam University)
Jo Jae Heung (Applied Optics and Electromagnetics, School of Natural Sciences, Hannam University)
Kwon Il-Bum (Smart Measurement Group, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.15, no.5, 2004 , pp. 415-422 More about this Journal
Abstract
We propose and present a new multiplexed bend loss type single-mode fiber-optic sensor system for displacement measurement in order to measure the displacement of several mm of civil engineering structures such as bridges and buildings. We make a bend loss type fiber-optic sensor for measuring displacements using the signal difference between two reflection signals due to various bend losses generating at a pair of optical connectors by using the optical time domain reflectometer. And we fabricate a multiplexed bend loss type fiber-optic sensor detecting linear displacements of 4 measuring positions of an object by setting these new 4 fiber-optic sensors on a single mode fiber simultaneously. We find that the multiplexed fiber-optics displacement sensor has linearity of 0.9942, maximum displacement of 6 mm, and accuracy of 6% for 4 measuring points.
Keywords
Fiber-optic sensor; Bend loss; OTDR; Displacement measurement; Multiplexing;
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