Optical sensor based on birefringent fiber type PANDA used for tensile detection

Abstract

Our research group deals with the utilization of light polarization and birefringent fiber optics for sensing purposes. This paper discusses the utilization of birefringent fiber (Panda type) as a tensile force sensor. Both theoretical analyses of the influence of tensile force on the geometry of the fiber optic line and the first laboratory experiments are documented in this paper. The first laboratory measurement approved the theory and showed the perspective utilization of birefringent finer for tensile detection..