Fiber Sensor

A sensor fiber grid comprising:

• a plurality of rows of sensor fibers;
• a plurality of columns of sensor fibers;
• wherein each sensor fiber in the fiber grid includes an electrically insulating material having a fiber length, at least one transduction element disposed along at least a portion of the fiber length and arranged for exposure to an intake species, a photoconducting element in optical communication with the transduction element;
• and at least one pair of electrically conducting electrodes in electrical connection with the photoconducting element, the pair of electrodes extending the fiber length;
• wherein the electrodes in each sensor fiber in the sensor fiber grid are connected to deliver an electrical signal from that sensor fiber to an output circuit.

A sensor fiber fabric comprising:

• a plurality of sensor fibers woven together;
• wherein each sensor fiber in the sensor fiber fabric includes an electrically insulating material having a fiber length, at least one transduction element disposed along at least a portion of the fiber length and arranged for exposure to an intake species, a photoconducting element in optical communication with the transduction element;
• and at least one pair of electrically conducting electrodes in electrical connection with the photoconducting element, the pair of electrodes extending the fiber length;
• and
• wherein the electrodes in each sensor fiber are connected to deliver an electrical signal from that sensor fiber to an output circuit.

A sensor fiber comprising:

• an electrically insulating material having a fiber length;
• at least one transduction element disposed along at least a portion of the fiber length and arranged for exposure to an intake species;
• a photoconducting element in optical communication with the transduction element;
• and
• at least one pair of electrically conducting electrodes in electrical connection with the photoconducting element, the pair of electrodes extending the fiber length;
• wherein the photoconducting element, the electrodes, and the insulating material are disposed in a geometric relationship corresponding to a drawing preform of the sensor fiber.