A numerical model for studying the performance of polymer optical fibre-based interferometric sensors is presented. The strain sensitivity of Fabry-Perot and two-beam interferometric sensors is investigated by varying the physical and optical properties corresponding to frequently used wavelengths. The developed model was used to identify the regimes in which these devices offer enhanced performance over their silica counterparts when used for stress sensing.

Date Published: 7 May 2015
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 9507, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV, 95070M (7 May 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2180764

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9507:
Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV
Kyriacos Kalli; Jiri Kanka; Alexis Mendez, Editor(s)