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A low cost fiber optic refractive index sensor

D. SENGUPTA1, M. SAI SHANKAR1,* , P. SAIDI REDDY1, R. L. N SAI PRASAD1, K. SRIMANNARAYANA1

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Waranagal-506 004, India

Abstract

An intensity modulated extrinsic fiber optic Refractive index sensor is presented. A ‘Y’ shaped bundle fiber and mirror are used. Sensor principle is based on change in angle of reflected light caused by refractive index change of the medium surrounding the bundle fiber. The experimental results obtained for liquid of different refractive indices prove the sensor potential to act as sensitive refractometer..

Keywords

Refractive index, Bundle fiber, Optical sensor.

Citation

D. SENGUPTA, M. SAI SHANKAR, P. SAIDI REDDY, R. L. N SAI PRASAD, K. SRIMANNARAYANA, A low cost fiber optic refractive index sensor, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 2, February 2010, pp.128-131 (2010).

Submitted at: Jan. 28, 2010

Accepted at: Feb. 2, 2010