Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibers Compared to Conventional POF: Novel Properties and Applications

Author

Large, Maryanne C J ; Blacket, Douglas ; Bunge, Christian-Alexander

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

10

Issue

7

fYear

2010

fDate

7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1213

Lastpage

1217

Abstract

While polymers are not the traditional materials for optical fibers, polymer optical fibers (POF) have a number of advantages over their glass counterparts for fiber sensors, particularly when coupled range of properties that can be produced using microstructures. This paper reviews some of the recent progress in microstructured polymer fiber sensors and compares them to conventional POF. Sensors considered include mechanical strain sensors and aqueous biosensors based on surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR).

Keywords

biosensors; fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; optical polymers; strain sensors; surface enhanced Raman scattering; surface plasmon resonance; SERS; aqueous biosensors; mechanical strain sensors; microstructured polymer fiber sensors; microstructured polymer optical fibers; surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy; surface plasmon resonance; Biosensors; Capacitive sensors; Glass; Mechanical sensors; Microstructure; Optical coupling; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Microstructured fibers; optical sensors; strain sensing; surface plasmon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2010.2041056

Filename

5466493