• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2006

This paper shows the development of flexible force sensor using the fiber Bragg grating. This force sensor consists of a Bragg grating fiber and flexible silicone rubber (DC184, Dow corning co. Ltd). This sensor does not have special structure to maximize the deflection or elongation, but have good sensitivity and very flexible characteristics. In addition, this sensor has the immunity to the electro magnetic field and can be multiplexed easily, which is inherited from the characteristics of fiber Bragg grating sensor. In the future, this sensor can be utilized the tactile sensor system minimizing the sensor size and developing the fabrication method.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.69-73
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• 1999

This paper demonstrated the performance of a palladium wire hydrogen sensor based on a fiber Bragg grating as a means of developing a quasi-distributed hydrogen sensor network capable of operating at cryogenic temperatures. The new approach employing a fiber Bragg grating based palladium hydrogen sensor described in this study is advantageous over other traditional hydrogen sensors because of the multiplexing capability of fiber Bragg gratings. The sensitivity of the hydrogen sensor at room temperature is approximately 2.5 times that of the hydrogen sensor at cryogenic temperatures.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.312-316
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• 2013

A novel fiber-optic sensor system is suggested in which fiber Bragg grating sensors are demodulated by a wavelength-sweeping fiber laser source and a spectrometer. The spectrometer consists of a diffraction grating and a 512-pixel photo-diode array. The reflected Bragg wavelength information is transformed into spatial intensity distribution on the photo-diode array. The peak locations linearly correspond to the Bragg wavelengths, regardless of the nonlinearities in the wavelength tuning mechanism of the fiber laser. The high power density of the fiber laser enables obtaining high signal-to-noise ratio outputs. The improved demodulation characteristics were experimentally demonstrated with a fiber Bragg grating sensor array with 5 gratings. The sensor outputs were in much more linear fashion compared with the conventional tunable band-pass filter demodulation. Also it showed advantages in signal processing, due to the high level of photo-diode array signals, over the broadband light source system, especially in measurement of fast varying dynamic physical quantities.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.237-243
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• 1999

Recently, there has been considerable interest in the development of fiber-optic sensors based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), which can be made into Ge-doped fiber's core by UV phase mask or holographic methods. A good sensitivity and small size of this sensor make it an ideal candidate for distributed sensing in smart structures or other structural monitoring applications. In this study, fiber optic Bragg grating sensor, which could be applied to measure the absolute strains, was constructed and the strain sensitivity of this sensor was investigated in order to apply to the structural health monitoring. Fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) filter has been used to detect the optical signals instead of optical spectrum analyzer. It has been convenient to determine the structural strains from the output signal of FBGs. The fiber optic Bragg grating sensor was attached on the aluminum beam near the electrical strain gage to measure the same strain. The relationship between strain and fiber signal was linearly fitted. The strain sensitivity of the fiber optic Bragg grating sensor was determined as $l.57{\mu}{\varepsilon}/{\mu}sec$ from the aluminum beam test.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.594-597
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• 2023

We have proposed and demonstrated a fiber optic RH (relative humidity) sensor based on fiber Bragg grating covered with a polyimide film. As the polyimide film absolves the moisture in the air, its volume expands. As a result, the grating period of the FBG (fiber Bragg grating) covered with a polyimide film becomes wide and the Bragg wavelength is shifted. The sensor is implemented by fixing a 30 ㎛ thickness polyimide film on the surface of an optical fiber grating using an adhesive, and the characteristics of the device according to humidity are analyzed. The fabricated FBG RH sensor showed a high sensitivity of 0.0186 nm/RH% and a wide measurement range from 30% to 90%. The influence of environmental temperature on the characteristics of the RH sensor was also measured and analyzed. The feasibility of commercialization is presented.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.221-225
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• 2018

We suggested the use of miniature hollow glass tubes having high ultraviolet (UV) transmission characteristics for the protection of optical-fiber-type UV sensors. We have recently proposed a highly sensitive optical sensor in the UV spectral range, using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) coated with an azobenzene polymer as the photoresponsive material. In this study, we used UV-transparent miniature glass tubes to protect the etched FBG with the azobenzene polymer coating. This technique will be very useful for protecting various fiber-based UV sensors.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2008

본 연구는 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서를 이용한 텐서그리티 구조물의 실시간 모니터링 결과를 보고한다. 기존의 간접적인 계측방식에서 탈피하여 케이블에 직접적으로 센서를 부착하여 케이블의 변형율을 측정하였다. 우선, 텐서그리티 구조모형을 시험체를 제작하고, 시험체에 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서를 부착하여 외력을 가하였다. 그 결과 하중의 증가에 따라 광섬유 브래그 격자센서는 케이블의 변형을 정밀히 측정할 수 있었으며, 계측의 안정성 측면에서 탁월함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 텐서그리티 구조물과 같이 케이블로 구성된 구조물의 변형측정 및 상시모니터링에는 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서가 유용함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.925-931
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• 2009

This paper reports a preliminary experimental investigation and characterization of an optical fiber-based submersion sensor system for applications in water flooding and leakage. The sensor system comprises a multi-mode fiber spliced with fiber Bragg grating and an intensity-based interrogator. Submersion tests were conducted in water-air and Glycerin-air environments. By the refractive index of the fiber-probe surrounding materials, the reflectance and the detecting power level is determined. When the probe is dipped into the water, the optical output power dramatically decreases from -7.5dBm to -17.5dBm. But, the center of Bragg wavelength is not affected in spite of external material changes. Temporal response characteristics of the sensor system is investigated to verify the real-time reaction. When the probe is immersed into the liquid, there is no transition time.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2004

광섬유 브래그 격자 센서는 광섬유의 코어의 굴절률 변조에 의해서 제작되며, 이 센서는 외부의 스트레인에 따라 브래그 파장이 변화하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서를 파장 영역에서 신호처리 할 수 있는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. SLD와 F-P 필터로 구성된 sweep 반도체 광원과 F P 필터내의 PZT의 히스테리시스 특성을 보상하기 위한 에탈론 필터와 장기 계측을 위해 절대 파장 기준으로 온도 안정된 광섬유 브래그 격자를 사용하였다. 콘크리트 흄관에서 FBG 센서의 스트레인 응답 특성을 전기저항 센서와 비교하였다. 그리고 광섬유 격자 센서를 이용하여 장거리 변위의 측정 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.329-334
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• 2011

We proposed a poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-coated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensor for enhancing temperature sensitivity. By embedding the bare FBG in a temperature-sensitive elastomeric polymer, the temperature sensitivity of the proposed structure could be effectively improved by 4.2 times higher than those of the conventional bare-type FBG sensors due to the high thermal expansion coefficient of the PDMS. We analyzed the temperature-sensitivity enhancement effect with the increased Bragg wavelength shift in our structure and dependence on the temperature sensitivity with respect to the cross-section area of the PDMS.