Review on optical fiber sensors for hazardous-gas monitoring in mines and tunnels

T He, W Wang, BG He, J Chen - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gas monitoring in mines and tunnels is the key to ensuring safe production. Nowadays,
optical fiber gas sensors depend on the advantages of nonelectrical signal transmission …

Review of fiber optic sensors for structural fire engineering

Y Bao, Y Huang, MS Hoehler, G Chen - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Reliable and accurate measurements of temperature and strain in structures subjected to
fire can be difficult to obtain using traditional sensing technologies based on electrical …

Progress toward sapphire optical fiber sensors for high-temperature applications

C Zhu, RE Gerald, J Huang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-temperature measurements are of significant importance in various harsh-environment
engineering fields, such as fossil fuel production, and the metallurgical and aviation …

Improve accuracy and measurement range of sensing in km-level OFDR using spectral splicing method

T Zhu, C Lin, J Yang, Z Yu, P Xu, K Wen, Y Wang… - Optics express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a spectral splicing method (SSM) for distributed
strain sensing based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR), which can achieve …

Metal-coated high-temperature strain optical fiber sensor based on cascaded air-bubble FPI-FBG structure

J Liang, Y Yu, Q Bian, W Xu, Z Wang, S Zhang… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Metal coatings can protect the fragile optical fiber sensors and extend their life in harsh
environments. However, simultaneous high-temperature strain sensing in a metal-coated …

A miniaturized optical fiber tip high-temperature sensor based on concave-shaped Fabry–Perot cavity

C Zhu, Y Zhuang, B Zhang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a miniaturized optical fiber tip Fabry-Perot interferometer for high-temperature
measurement based on a concave-shaped cavity. The fabrication process of the diaphragm …

A miniature ultra long period fiber grating for simultaneous measurement of axial strain and temperature

S Zhang, S Deng, T Geng, C Sun, H Niu, X Li… - Optics & Laser …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A SMF-MMF-SMF-ultra long period fiber grating (SMS-ULPFG) sensor is proposed
for the simultaneous measurement of axial strain and temperature. The all-optical fiber …

Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature based on asymmetric structures modal interference

H Wang, H Meng, R **ong, Q Wang, B Huang… - Optics …, 2016 - Elsevier
An in-line fiber sensor for simultaneous measurement of refractive index (RI) and
temperature is proposed and demonstrated. The sensor head is composed of an asymmetric …

Highly sensitive strain sensor based on a novel Mach–Zehnder mode interferometer with TCF-PCF-TCF structure

X Dong, Z Luo, H Du, X Sun, K Yin - Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
We have demonstrated a high-sensitivity strain sensor based on a novel photonic crystal
fiber (PCF) interferometer by means of splicing two sections of thin core fibers (TCF) with a …

Recent advances in optical fiber high-temperature sensors and encapsulation technique

W Xu, Q Bian, J Liang, Z Wang, Y Yu… - Chinese Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In the aerospace field, for aerospace engines and other high-end manufacturing equipment
working in extreme environments, like ultrahigh temperatures, high pressure, and high …