Optical fiber strain sensor with extended dynamic range based on specklegrams

In this paper, a processing scheme based on the morphological similarities of speckle patterns is proposed to extend the dynamic range of Fiber Specklegram Sensors (FSS). The method has been applied to a low cost FSS demonstrating its good performance to extend the dynamic range of strain measuremen...

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Autores: Rodríguez Cobo, Luis|||0000-0002-2068-2956, Lomer Barboza, Mauro Matías|||0000-0002-4721-4247, Cobo García, Adolfo|||0000-0003-1498-9238, López Higuera, José Miguel|||0000-0002-8615-8487
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/35171
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/35171
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Polymer optical fiber
Specklegram
Sensor
Low cost
Extended range
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Sumario:In this paper, a processing scheme based on the morphological similarities of speckle patterns is proposed to extend the dynamic range of Fiber Specklegram Sensors (FSS). The method has been applied to a low cost FSS demonstrating its good performance to extend the dynamic range of strain measurements. The scheme analyzes the pattern energy distribution to establish the current modal state of the FSS and employs the correlation value with the reference modal state specklegram to determine the fine strain measurements. The achieved results exhibit a very high performance, making this low cost technology applicable to structural monitoring.