TY - GEN
T1 - Plastic optical fibre physiological bending sensor based on fibre tilt angle loss measurement
AU - Zawawi, M. A.
AU - O'Keeffe, S.
AU - Lewis, E.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper presents the development of bending sensor using plastic optical fibre. The bending angle is measured with respect to the changes in light intensity at the receiving fibre. To study the relationship between the sensor's output intensity power and the bending angle, three mediums with different refractive index were used at the gap in between of the emitting and receiving fibres. It was found that, a higher refractive index medium could be used to improve the resolution of the sensor but with a reduced sensor working range.
AB - This paper presents the development of bending sensor using plastic optical fibre. The bending angle is measured with respect to the changes in light intensity at the receiving fibre. To study the relationship between the sensor's output intensity power and the bending angle, three mediums with different refractive index were used at the gap in between of the emitting and receiving fibres. It was found that, a higher refractive index medium could be used to improve the resolution of the sensor but with a reduced sensor working range.
KW - Bending sensor
KW - Fibre tilt angle loss
KW - Intensity modulation sensor
KW - Plastic optical fibre
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893610118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICP.2013.6687065
DO - 10.1109/ICP.2013.6687065
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893610118
SN - 9781467360753
T3 - 4th International Conference on Photonics, ICP 2013 - Conference Proceeding
SP - 53
EP - 55
BT - 4th International Conference on Photonics, ICP 2013 - Conference Proceeding
T2 - 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on Photonics, ICP 2013
Y2 - 28 October 2013 through 30 October 2013
ER -