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Buckled Beam based Optical Interferometric Pressure Sensor with Low Temperature Cross-Sensitivity
Proceedings of SPIE, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2018
  • Chen Zhu
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

A novel optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer pressure sensor with low temperature cross-sensitivity is presented. The Fabry-Perot is formed by the endface of an optical fiber and the center part of a buckled beam. The working principle of the sensor involves a pressure transfer and displacement transfer and amplification mechanism based on a buckled beam. When the sensor is subjected to an external pressure, the sheet steel will deflect, resulting in an axial displacement of the buckled beam. The buckled beam will experience a deflection, and the deflection at the midpoint of the beam is one order of magnitude larger than the deflection of the sheet steel. So, a relatively large change in the cavity length can be obtained. Compared with the traditional diaphragm based pressure sensors, the sensitivity of our sensor was improved by one order of magnitude, and the temperature-pressure cross-sensitivity was found to be as low as 22 Pa/°C.

Meeting Name
SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring (2018: Mar. 5-8, Denver, CO)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Fiber optic sensors,
  • Optical fibers,
  • Pressure,
  • Pressure sensors,
  • Temperature,
  • Amplification mechanism,
  • Axial displacements,
  • Cross sensitivity,
  • External pressures,
  • Extrinsic Fabry Perot interferometer,
  • Interferometric pressure sensors,
  • Low temperatures,
  • Pressure transfer,
  • Fabry-Perot interferometers,
  • Extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer,
  • Low temperature cross-sensitivity
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-151061692-9
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 SPIE, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
3-1-2018
Publication Date
01 Mar 2018
Citation Information
Chen Zhu and Jie Huang. "Buckled Beam based Optical Interferometric Pressure Sensor with Low Temperature Cross-Sensitivity" Proceedings of SPIE, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2018 Vol. 10598 (2018) ISSN: 0277-786X; 1996-756X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/108/