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Forward Brillouin scattering acoustic impedance sensor using thin polyimide-coated fiber

Chow, Desmond M.
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Thévenaz, Luc
October 30, 2018
Optics Letters

The standard single-mode fiber has been demonstrated as an optomechanical sensor recently to measure the acoustic impedances of surrounding liquids by means of the generation and detection of forward-stimulated Brillouin scattering (FSBS). FSBS allows the mechanical properties of an external material to be probed directly through the interaction of guided light and transverse sound waves that occurs entirely inside the fiber structure. In this technique, having a low-loss interface between the fiber bulk and the external medium is essential for precise measurement; however, it leads to the necessary but impractical removal of the thick polymer fiber coating in most reported methods. Here, we use a commercially available 80-μm-diameter optical fiber coated with a 8-μm-thick polyimide coating layer to measure the acoustic impedances of the surrounding liquids, showing accurate measurement results while retaining the mechanical strength of the fiber.

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DOI
10.1364/OL.43.005467
Author(s)
Chow, Desmond M.
Thévenaz, Luc
Date Issued

2018-10-30

Published in
Optics Letters
Volume

43

Issue

21

Article Number

5467

Subjects

Brillouin scattering

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Nonlinear optics

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Optical fibre sensor

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Acoustic impedance

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Forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (FSBS)

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Guided acoustic waves Brillouin scattering (GAWBS)

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