Sensing function embedded in optical fiber using Femto-second laser processing
Project/Area Number |
24510126
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Quantum beam science
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Research Institution | Soka University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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Keywords | フェムト秒レーザ加工 / 量子ビーム産業応用 / 光ファイバセンサ |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Novel sensing functions have been successfully embedded in a single mode optical fiber by means of femto-second, ultra short pulse laser material processing. A single laser pulse was focused on a thin optical fiber to produce an array of voids (macro cavity) in the close vicinity of core/cladding boundary region in the optical fiber. It has been found that such voids array plays an important role to create information how to know the direction of bending. A pulse train of 1-kHz femto-second laser was used to produce a very thin drilling hole which transversely penetrated a cylindrical structure of optical fiber with a hole diameter of a few micro-meters. It has been interestingly shown that such thin drilling holes provide us with an in-line optical fiber spectroscopic sensing function which might be a very viable technique to enable spectroscopic analysis by means of a pico-litter sampling.
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Research Products
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