High-performance Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensors from one-step laser side-polished platforms
Citation
Fan, S., Tang, Y., El-Bahy, Z. M., Guo, Z., & Kallel, M. (2024). High-performance Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensors from one-step laser side-polished platforms. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 93, 295–302.
Keywords
- One-step laser side-polishing
- CO2 laser
- Carbon dioxide laser
- Side-polished optical fiber sensors
- Fabry-Perot-based sensors
- Reflective cavities
- Thermal response
- Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) coating
- Sensitivity enhancement
- Evanescent field
- Low dimensional materials (e.g., graphene, MXene)
- Polarization control
- Mechanical stability
- Scalability
- Sensing applications
- Micro-machining
- Fused silica
Brief
This article presents a novel one-step CO2 laser side-polishing technique for fabricating high-performance Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensors with integrated reflective cavities, demonstrating its potential for temperature sensing with significantly enhanced sensitivity upon PDMS coating.
Summary
This article presents a novel, one-step CO2 laser technique to fabricate high-performance Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensors by side-polishing optical fibers and creating reflective cavities. These sensors show potential for temperature sensing, with their sensitivity significantly increased by a PDMS coating, offering a simple, stable, and scalable approach for optical fiber sensor production.
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