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Dynamic Characterisation of Fibre-Optic Temperature Sensors for Physiological Monitoring.

ABSTRACT: Fast, miniature temperature sensors are required for various biomedical applications. Fibre-optics are particularly suited to minimally invasive procedures, and many types of fibre-optic temperature sensors have been demonstrated. In applications where rapidly varying temperatures are present, a fast and well-known response time is important; however, in many cases, the dynamic behaviour of the sensor is not well-known. In this article, we investigate the dynamic response of a polymer-based interferometric temperature sensor, using both an experimental technique employing optical heating with a pulsed laser, and a computational heat transfer model based on the finite element method. Our results show that the sensor has a time constant on the order of milliseconds and a -6 dB bandwidth of up to 178 Hz, indicating its suitability for applications such as flow measurement by thermal techniques, photothermal spectroscopy, and monitoring of thermal treatments.

SUBMITTER: Coote JM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7795630 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dynamic Characterisation of Fibre-Optic Temperature Sensors for Physiological Monitoring.

Coote Joanna M JM Torii Ryo R Desjardins Adrien E AE

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 20201231 1

Fast, miniature temperature sensors are required for various biomedical applications. Fibre-optics are particularly suited to minimally invasive procedures, and many types of fibre-optic temperature sensors have been demonstrated. In applications where rapidly varying temperatures are present, a fast and well-known response time is important; however, in many cases, the dynamic behaviour of the sensor is not well-known. In this article, we investigate the dynamic response of a polymer-based inte ...[more]

PMID: 33396422

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