In this article, two configurations are presented for simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature by reducing the cross-section area in small regions of the fiber where the Bragg gratings we…
Solvents can be used in the fabrication process of Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) sensors, as tapering or etching agents. We present a general approach-the use of Hansen solubility parameters-for iden…
The smallest all-polymer optical fiber Bragg grating based transducer element for pH sensing is presented. We show that, considering it's size and robustness, it out-performs similar state-of-the-a…
Polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) can be solvent etched to achieve higher sensitivity sensors. To analyze the influence of etch on the mechanical and thermal performance of PMMA-based m…