DocumentCode
600393
Title
Contact force sensor based on microfiber Bragg grating
Author
Kit Man Chung ; Zhengyong Liu ; Chao Lu ; Hwa-Yaw Tam
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate a miniature contact force sensor based on a 30-μm diameter microfiber Bragg grating packaged with a conforming elastomer material features extremely high sensitivity up to 0.8-mN to contract force.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; elastomers; fibre optic sensors; force sensors; micro-optics; conforming elastomer material; microfiber Bragg grating; miniature contact force sensor; size 30 mum; Fiber gratings; Force; Force sensors; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6476216
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