Progress toward low-cost mass-produced polymer fibre tapers for liquid level monitors

P. Hambley; J. Canning

doi:10.1117/12.786045

16 May 2008 Progress toward low-cost mass-produced polymer fibre tapers for liquid level monitors

P. Hambley, J. Canning

Proceedings Volume 7004, 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 70042X (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786045
Event: 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2008, Perth, WA, Australia

Abstract

Tapers suitable for a range of sensing applications have been produced using a heat and pull method. The standard heat and pull method is much faster than chemical tapering and also allows multiple tapers to be formed on to a single fibre for distributed sensing. A refinement of the heat and pull method is able to produce tapers extremely quickly, opening up the possibility of cheap, mass produced sensing tapers in polymer optical fibres. A single and multiple liquid level sensor is demonstrated.

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P. Hambley and J. Canning "Progress toward low-cost mass-produced polymer fibre tapers for liquid level monitors", Proc. SPIE 7004, 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 70042X (16 May 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786045

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