Very cheap plastic optical fiber sensors for measurement of displacement without contact

J. Villanueva; W. Alayo; M. Asmad; K. Contreras; G. Baldwin

doi:10.1117/12.527495

Very cheap plastic optical fiber sensors for measurement of displacement without contact

J. Villanueva, W. Alayo, M. Asmad, K. Contreras, G. Baldwin

Sección de Física

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Abstract

We present an alternative development of very cheap sensors utilizing plastic optical fibers and diode lasers extracted from laser pointers. We have applied these sensors to perform measurements of displacement and distance without physical contact. The development of these sensors started with the characterization and control of these semiconductor lasers. We have achieved to control various diode lasers by means of a current controller, specially designed for this application. In this work, we show two different sensor configurations, getting a measurement range between 1 and 3 mm with microns resolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	986-987
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4829 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.527495
State	Published - 2003
Event	19th Congress of the International Commisssion for Optics Optics for the Quality of Life - Firenze, Italy Duration: 25 Aug 2002 → 30 Aug 2002

Keywords

Diode laser
Optical fiber sensors
Plastic optical fiber

Access to Document

10.1117/12.527495

Cite this

@article{a4fe8ba946b54063ad2c61bdb15ace27,

title = "Very cheap plastic optical fiber sensors for measurement of displacement without contact",

abstract = "We present an alternative development of very cheap sensors utilizing plastic optical fibers and diode lasers extracted from laser pointers. We have applied these sensors to perform measurements of displacement and distance without physical contact. The development of these sensors started with the characterization and control of these semiconductor lasers. We have achieved to control various diode lasers by means of a current controller, specially designed for this application. In this work, we show two different sensor configurations, getting a measurement range between 1 and 3 mm with microns resolution.",

keywords = "Diode laser, Optical fiber sensors, Plastic optical fiber",

author = "J. Villanueva and W. Alayo and M. Asmad and K. Contreras and G. Baldwin",

year = "2003",

doi = "10.1117/12.527495",

language = "English",

volume = "4829 II",

pages = "986--987",

journal = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",

issn = "0277-786X",

note = "19th Congress of the International Commisssion for Optics Optics for the Quality of Life ; Conference date: 25-08-2002 Through 30-08-2002",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Very cheap plastic optical fiber sensors for measurement of displacement without contact

AU - Villanueva, J.

AU - Alayo, W.

AU - Asmad, M.

AU - Contreras, K.

AU - Baldwin, G.

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - We present an alternative development of very cheap sensors utilizing plastic optical fibers and diode lasers extracted from laser pointers. We have applied these sensors to perform measurements of displacement and distance without physical contact. The development of these sensors started with the characterization and control of these semiconductor lasers. We have achieved to control various diode lasers by means of a current controller, specially designed for this application. In this work, we show two different sensor configurations, getting a measurement range between 1 and 3 mm with microns resolution.

AB - We present an alternative development of very cheap sensors utilizing plastic optical fibers and diode lasers extracted from laser pointers. We have applied these sensors to perform measurements of displacement and distance without physical contact. The development of these sensors started with the characterization and control of these semiconductor lasers. We have achieved to control various diode lasers by means of a current controller, specially designed for this application. In this work, we show two different sensor configurations, getting a measurement range between 1 and 3 mm with microns resolution.

KW - Diode laser

KW - Optical fiber sensors

KW - Plastic optical fiber

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2342456432&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1117/12.527495

DO - 10.1117/12.527495

M3 - Conference article

AN - SCOPUS:2342456432

SN - 0277-786X

VL - 4829 II

SP - 986

EP - 987

JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

T2 - 19th Congress of the International Commisssion for Optics Optics for the Quality of Life

Y2 - 25 August 2002 through 30 August 2002

ER -

Very cheap plastic optical fiber sensors for measurement of displacement without contact

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this