Search Results - "James, Stephen W."
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Tapered Optical Fibre Sensors: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (17-05-2019)“…The development of reliable, affordable and efficient sensors is a key step in providing tools for efficient monitoring of critical environmental parameters…”
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Dynamic Fiber-Optic Shape Sensing Using Fiber Segment Interferometry
Published in Journal of lightwave technology (15-02-2018)“…Dynamic fiber-optic shape sensing, often also referred to as curvature or bend sensing, is demonstrated using fiber segment interferometry, where chains of…”
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[INVITED] Porphyrin-nanoassembled fiber-optic gas sensor fabrication: Optimization of parameters for sensitive ammonia gas detection
Published in Optics and laser technology (01-05-2018)“…•Highly sensitive evanescent wave fiber-optic ammonia gas sensors were fabricated.•The sensitivity to ammonia was linear in the concentration range of…”
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Volatile Organic Compounds Sensing Using Optical Fibre Long Period Grating with Mesoporous Nano-Scale Coating
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (08-02-2017)“…A long period grating (LPG) modified with a mesoporous film infused with a calixarene as a functional compound was employed for the detection of individual…”
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Properties of Length-Apodized Phase-Shifted LPGs Operating at the Phase Matching Turning Point
Published in Journal of lightwave technology (01-07-2012)“…The characteristics of length-apodized phase-shifted fiber optic long period gratings with full and partial nanostructured coatings have been explored…”
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Multiplexing of Fiber-Optic Long-Period Grating-Based Interferometric Sensors
Published in Journal of lightwave technology (01-03-2007)“…Two long-period gratings (LPGs) fabricated in series in an optical fiber form a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, producing a sinusoidal channelled spectrum within…”
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An ammonia sensor based on Lossy Mode Resonances on a tapered optical fibre coated with porphyrin-incorporated titanium dioxide
Published in Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical (01-04-2017)“…•Generation of Lossy Mode Resonances (LMRs) by the deposition of a nanoscale coating of titanium dioxide, incorporating a porphyrin as a functional compound,…”
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Multi-parameter measurements using optical fibre long period gratings for indoor air quality monitoring
Published in Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical (01-06-2017)“…•The use of wavelength-division multiplexed Long Period Gratings to measure three different parameters.•The use of coating thickness to bias the central…”
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A long period grating optical fiber sensor with nano-assembled porphyrin layers for detecting ammonia gas
Published in Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical (02-06-2016)“…In this study, the ability of a long period grating (LPG) optical fiber sensor coated with a multilayer film of poly(diallyldimethyammonium chloride) (PDDA)…”
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High sensitivity pressure measurement using optical fibre sensors mounted on a composite diaphragm
Published in Optics express (01-02-2021)“…A pressure sensor specified for aerodynamic applications and based on optical fibre strain sensors mounted on a circular glass fibre reinforced polymer…”
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A long period grating-based chemical sensor insensitive to the influence of interfering parameters
Published in Optics express (07-04-2014)“…An optical fibre chemical sensor that is insensitive to interfering parameters including temperature and surrounding refractive index is described. The sensor…”
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Selective vancomycin detection using optical fibre long period gratings functionalised with molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles
Published in Analyst (London) (07-05-2014)“…An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) sensor modified with molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) for the specific detection of…”
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Overwrite fabrication and tuning of long period gratings
Published in Optics express (03-10-2016)“…The central wavelengths of the resonance bands are critical aspect of the performance of long period gratings (LPGs) as sensors, particularly for devices…”
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Temperature and strain discrimination using a single tilted fibre Bragg grating
Published in Optics communications (15-07-2007)“…A fibre optic sensor capable of discriminating between temperature and strain, using a single fibre Bragg grating, is presented. The technique exploits the…”
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Long period grating based toluene sensor for use with water contamination
Published in Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical (01-11-2014)“…•Demonstration of a working toluene contamination sensor for use in the detection of water contamination.•Experimental work showing a limit of detection of…”
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Optimized Process for Fabricating Ultrashort Tapered Long-Period Gratings
Published in Journal of lightwave technology (15-02-2018)“…The CO2 laser based fabrication of tapered long period gratings (TLPGs) is optimized so that their transmission spectra are comparable with those made using…”
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Monitoring techniques for the manufacture of tapered optical fibers
Published in Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics (01-10-2015)“…The use of a range of optical techniques to monitor the process of fabricating optical fiber tapers is investigated. Thermal imaging was used to optimize the…”
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Fiber optic long period grating sensors with a nanoassembled mesoporous film of SiO2 nanoparticles
Published in Optics express (07-06-2010)“…A novel approach to chemical application of long period grating (LPG) optical fibers was demonstrated, which were modified with a film nanoassembled by the…”
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Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Based Pressure Sensor Using a Composite Diaphragm For Pressure Measurements
Published in 2019 IEEE SENSORS (01-10-2019)“…The development of an optical fiber based pressure sensor, created using a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and a glass fiber reinforced polymer membrane for use in…”
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Multiplexing curvature sensors using fibre segment interferometry for lateral vibration measurements
Published in 2017 25th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference (OFS) (01-04-2017)“…Dynamic fibre-optic curvature sensing is demonstrated by interrogating chains of fibre segments, separated by broadband Bragg grating reflectors, using…”
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