Fiber optic integrated-light diffusers for sensing applications
AssigneesKhalifa University of Science and Technology, The University of Birmingham
InventorsHaider Butt, Mohamed Elsherif
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AssigneesKhalifa University of Science and Technology, The University of Birmingham
InventorsHaider Butt, Mohamed Elsherif
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Embodiments include a fiber optic probe comprising an optical fiber, and a sensor component attached to the optical fiber, the sensor component including an asymmetric microlens array imprinted on a stimuli-responsive hydrogel. Embodiments further include a method of fabricating a fiber optic probe comprising depositing a stimuli-responsive hydrogel precursor solution on a substrate mold, the substrate mold including a concave asymmetric microlens array; contacting an end of an optical fiber with the stimuli-responsive hydrogel precursor solution deposited on the substrate mold; and exposing the end of the optical fiber and the stimuli-responsive hydrogel precursor solution to light to form a stimuli-responsive hydrogel sensor imprinted with a convex asymmetric microlens array and attached to the end of the optical fiber. Embodiments further include systems comprising the fiber optic probes.
A fiber optic probe comprising:
A method of fabricating a fiber optic probe, comprising:
A system comprising:
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