TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of microstructured optical fibers for sensing applications
AU - Xue, Pingsheng
AU - Liu, Qiang
AU - Lu, Shuncheng
AU - Xia, Yongwei
AU - Wu, Qiang
AU - Fu, Yongqing
N1 - Funding information: This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51907017), Hebei Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. F2020501040), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. N2123012).
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - Microstructured optical fibers, including not only photonic crystal fibers but also new types of fiber with different configurations on the cross section, are elaborately designed and they usually have special application purposes among which sensing is one of the most common. In this review we first summarize fabrication methods and transmission mechanisms of microstructured fibers. And then application examples using fibers with special and novel microstructures in strain/pressure/bending/twist, temperature, flow rate, electric/magnetic field, humidity, gas, refractive index and chemical/biochemical analyte sensing based on various principles are introduced. Finally, state of the art and developing trends as well as challenges faced by sensing technology based on microstructured optical fibers were discussed.
AB - Microstructured optical fibers, including not only photonic crystal fibers but also new types of fiber with different configurations on the cross section, are elaborately designed and they usually have special application purposes among which sensing is one of the most common. In this review we first summarize fabrication methods and transmission mechanisms of microstructured fibers. And then application examples using fibers with special and novel microstructures in strain/pressure/bending/twist, temperature, flow rate, electric/magnetic field, humidity, gas, refractive index and chemical/biochemical analyte sensing based on various principles are introduced. Finally, state of the art and developing trends as well as challenges faced by sensing technology based on microstructured optical fibers were discussed.
KW - microstructured optical fiber
KW - fiber sensor
KW - fiber fabrication
KW - sensing application
U2 - 10.1016/j.yofte.2023.103277
DO - 10.1016/j.yofte.2023.103277
M3 - Article
SN - 1068-5200
VL - 77
JO - Optical Fiber Technology
JF - Optical Fiber Technology
M1 - 103277
ER -