TY - CHAP A1 - Witt, Jens A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Medical textiles for monitoring of respiratory movements by POF sensors T2 - OPTO 2008 - Photonic Metrology, 8th International Conference on Optical Technologies for Sensing and Measurement CY - Nürnberg, Germany DA - 2008-05-06 KW - POF KW - Fibre optic sensor KW - Medical textile KW - Respiration sensor KW - OTDR PY - 2008 SN - 978-3-9810993-3-1 IS - Chapter 4.2 SP - 99 EP - 104 AN - OPUS4-17475 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witt, Jens A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Demuth, J. A1 - Sasek, L. T1 - Heart rate sensor for integration into personal protective equipment N2 - This paper reports on a fibre optic sensor for heart rate measurement which is developed within the framework of the FP7 EU project i-Protect. Goal is integration of the sensor into personal protective equipment Two different sensor prototypes based on polymer optical fibre (POF) were developed. One is based on long period gratings in microstrutured POF and the other one is based on macrobending effects in POF. T2 - POF 2011 - 20th International conference on plastic optical fibers CY - Bilbao, Spain DA - 14.09.2011 KW - Heart rate sensor KW - Long period grating KW - Macrobending sensor KW - Microstructured POF (mPOF) KW - Personal protective equipment (PPE) KW - Physiological sensor PY - 2011 SP - 1 EP - 5 AN - OPUS4-24500 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed POF Sensors - Recent Progress and New Challenges T2 - 19th International Conference on POF CY - Yokohama, Japan DA - 2010-10-19 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-22417 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witt, Jens A1 - Narbonneau, F. A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - De Jonckheere, J. A1 - Jeanne, M. A1 - Kinet, D. A1 - Paquet, B. A1 - Depré, A. A1 - D´Angelo, L.T. A1 - Thiel, T. A1 - Logier, R. ED - Santos, J.L. ED - Culshaw, B. ED - López-Higuera, J.M. ED - MacPherson, W.N. T1 - Smart medical textiles with embedded optical fibre sensors for continuous monitoring of respiratory movements during MRI N2 - We report on three respiration sensors based on pure optical technologies developed during the FP6 EU project OFSETH. The developed smart medical textiles can sense elongation up to 3%, while maintaining the stretching properties of the textile substrates for a good comfort of the patient. The sensors, based on silica and polymer fibre, are developed for monitoring of patients during MRI examination. The OFSETH harness allows a continuous measurement of respiration movements while all vitals organs are free for medical staff actions. The sensors were tested in MRI environment and on healthy adults. T2 - 4th European workshop on optical fibre sensors CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 2010-09-08 KW - Respiratory sensor KW - Fibre optic sensor KW - Optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) KW - MRI KW - Smart textile KW - Healthcare monitoring KW - Fibre Bragg grating (FBG) PY - 2010 SN - 978-0-8194-8083-5 SN - 0277-786X N1 - Serientitel: Proceedings of SPIE – Series title: Proceedings of SPIE IS - 7653 SP - Paper 115, 76533B-1 - 76533B-4 PB - SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-22552 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witt, Jens A1 - Steffen, Milan A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Santos, J.L. ED - Culshaw, B. ED - López-Higuera, J.M. ED - MacPherson, W.N. T1 - Investigation of sensing properties of long period gratings based on microstructured polymer optical fibres N2 - We investigated the sensing properties of a single mode Poly Methyl Methacrylate (PMMA) Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibre (MPOF) with mechanically imprinted Long Period Grating (LPG). We measured the influence of strain to the LPG wavelength which showed the viscoelastic nature of PMMA. We also measured the influence of temperature and humidity to the LPG wavelength. T2 - 4th European workshop on optical fibre sensors CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 2010-09-08 KW - Microstructured polymer optical fibre KW - Long period grating KW - Strain sensor KW - Humidity sensor KW - Temperature sensor PY - 2010 SN - 978-0-8194-8083-5 SN - 0277-786X N1 - Serientitel: Proceedings of SPIE – Series title: Proceedings of SPIE IS - 7653 SP - Paper 112, 76530I-1 - 76530I-4 PB - SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-22553 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schilder, Constanze A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Steffen, Milan A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Structural health monitoring of composite structures by distributed fibre optic sensors N2 - Structural Health Monitoring of composite materials gains in importance with the increasing use of Composite structures for safety-related applications, e.g. in aerospace. Because of the material properties of composites, defects often occur inside the structures and raise the demand for integrated sensors. The advantages of optical fibres predestine them not only for the surface-application on composite structures but also for the Integration into composite structures. Even without quasi-distributed sensors such as FBGs or LPGs, the optical fibre itself can be used to measure the structure and occurring events over the entire fibre length by distributed sensing techniques. This paper presents the surface-application of polyimide coated silica optical fibres onto PEEK specimens and the integration of copper and polyimide coated silica optical fibres into an AS-4/PEEK Composite to be used as distributed fibre optic sensors for SHM. Results from distributed measurements by optical backscatter reflectometry based on Rayleigh backscattering are shown. T2 - 5th International symposium on NDT in aerospace CY - Singapore DA - 13.11.2013 KW - Structural health monitoring (SHM) KW - Composite structures KW - Optical fibre KW - Distributed fibre optic sensors KW - Optical backscatter reflectometry PY - 2013 SN - 1435-4934 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-29687 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schilder, Constanze A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Steffen, Milan A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - López-Higuera, J.M. ED - Jones, J. ED - López-Amo, M. ED - Santos, J.L. T1 - Evaluating distributed fibre optic sensors integrated into thermoplastic composites for structural health monitoring N2 - Strain sensors used for structural health monitoring (SHM) must provide reliable measurement data during their entire service lifetime. To achieve this for fibre optic sensors integrated into composites, the integration of the sensor has to be adapted according to the process conditions. This paper describes the fabrication of thermoplastic composite samples with integrated distributed fibre optic sensors (DFOS) based on copper-nickel and polyimide coated silica optical fibres. The performance of these DFOS as SHM sensors is evaluated in terms of reliability by measurements derived from comparative measurements with resistance strain gauges and from fatigue tests with 10 million load cycles. T2 - OFS2014 - 23rd International conference on optical fibre sensors CY - Santander, Spain DA - 02.06.2014 KW - Distributed fibre optic sensor KW - Integrated sensor KW - Reliability KW - Structural health monitoring KW - Strain gauge KW - Optical frequency domain reflectometry KW - Fatigue test PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2058604 SN - 0277-786X SN - 1996-756X N1 - Serientitel: Proceedings of SPIE – Series title: Proceedings of SPIE VL - 9157 SP - 91575Q-1 - 91575Q-4 AN - OPUS4-30861 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Karapanagiotis, Christos A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Breithaupt, Mathias A1 - Duffner, Eric A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Prager, Jens A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Structural health monitoring of hydrogen pressure vessels using distributed fiber optic sensing N2 - We report on distributed fiber optic sensing-based monitoring of hydrogen composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPV) to simultaneously increase the operational lifespan and mitigate maintenance costs. Our approach represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first application of distributed fiber optic sensing for COPV Type IV monitoring, where the sensing fibers are attached to the surface, rather than integrated into the composite material. Specifically, we attach an optical fiber of 50 m to the pressure vessel's surface, covering both the cylindrical and dome sections. We note that our fiber optic sensing technique relies on swept wavelength interferometry providing strain information along the entire length of the optical fiber with high spatial resolution even at the millimeter scale. When the vessel is pressurized, the sensing optical fiber shows a linear strain response to pressure at every position along the fiber. After thousands of load cycles, the vessel finally fails with the optical fiber detecting and precisely localizing the damage in the vessel’s blind dome area. Furthermore, we discuss the potential of state-of-the-art signal processing methods and machine learning for advancing predictive maintenance. This could reduce the number of regular inspections, mitigate premature maintenance costs, and simultaneously increase the vessel’s remaining safe service life. We believe that the structural health monitoring of hydrogen pressure vessels with fiber optic sensors can enhance trust in hydrogen technology contributing to the energy transition in the future. T2 - 11th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 10.06.2024 KW - Hydrogen KW - Fiber optic sensors KW - Composites KW - Machine learning KW - Structural health monitoring PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-602731 UR - https://www.ndt.net/search/docs.php3?id=29701 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - NDT.net AN - OPUS4-60273 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witt, Jens A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Breithaupt, Mathias A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - MPOF LPGs as radiation sensors N2 - We investigated to our knowledge for the first time the capabilities of long period gratings (LPG) in single-mode microstructured polymer optical fibre (mPOF) as real-time gamma dosimeter. The fibre is made from polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) with a polycarbonate jacket. We measured the radiation-induced wavelength shift of the mPOF LPG loss feature wavelength and the radiation-induced attenuation of a mPOF for different wavelength between 600 nm and 800 nm for gamma radiation with an energy distribution between 6 keV and 18 keV. T2 - POF 2011 - 20th International conference on plastic optical fibers CY - Bilbao, Spain DA - 14.09.2011 KW - Microstructured polymer optical fibre (mPOF) KW - Long period grating (LPG) KW - Radiation sensor PY - 2011 SP - 1 EP - 3 AN - OPUS4-24499 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Negut, D. A1 - Sturm, Heinz A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Webb, D. J. ED - Scully, P. ED - Sugden, K. T1 - Impacts of gamma irradiation on cytop plastic optical fibres N2 - Impact of gamma radiation on transmission of a commercial Cytop polymer optical fibre (Lucina, Asahi Glass Company) is investigated. Spectral dependence of radiation induced attenuation in the investigated fibre is measured in the VIS-NIR spectral region. Besides attenuation increase, radiation is found to increase fibre susceptibility to water as well. While pristine Cytop fibre is rather humidity insensitive, strong humidity related absorption in the NIR region is observed after fibre irradiation. Selective irradiation of separate fibre sections is proposed as a way of fibre humidity sensitization and quasi-distributed water detection is demonstrated using optical time domain reflectometry at 1310 nm. T2 - POF 2016: 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres CY - Birmingham, UK DA - 13.09.2016 KW - Polymer optical fibers KW - Cytop KW - Gamma radiation PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-403216 SN - 9781854494085 SP - 114 EP - 117 CY - Birmingham AN - OPUS4-40321 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Negut, D. A1 - Sturm, Heinz A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Effects of gamma radiation on perfluorinated polymer optical fibers N2 - The paper presents the first complex study of Gamma radiation effects on a low-loss perfluorinated polymer optical fiber (PF-POF) based on Cytop® polymer. Influence of gamma radiation on fiber’s optical, mechanical and climatic performance is investigated. The radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) in the visible and near-infrared region (0.4 μm-1.7 mm) is measured and its origins are discussed. Besides attenuation increase, radiation is also shown to decrease the thermal degradation stability of the fiber and to increase its susceptibility to water. With regard to complex fiber transmission performance upon irradiation, the optimal operation wavelength region of PF-POF-based systems intended for use in Radiation environments is determined to be around 1.1 μm. On the other hand, the investigated fiber holds potential for low-cost RIA-based optical fiber dosimetry applications with sensitivity as high as 260 dBm⁻¹/kGy in the visible region. KW - Perfluorinated polymer optical fibers KW - Cytop KW - Gamma radiation KW - Radiation-induced attenuation PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.05.027 SN - 0925-3467 VL - 58 SP - 226 EP - 233 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-36462 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Liehr, Sascha A1 - Münzenberger, Sven A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Wavelength-scanning distributed acoustic sensing for structural monitoring and seismic applications N2 - We introduce wavelength-scanning coherent optical time domain reflectometry (WS-COTDR) for dynamic vibration sensing along optical fibers. The method is based on spectral shift computation from Rayleigh backscatter spectra. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used for fast and high-resolution strain computation from raw measurement data. The applicability of the method is demonstrated for vibration monitoring of a reinforced concrete bridge. We demonstrate another application example for quasi-static and dynamic measurement of ground deformation and surface wave propagation along a dark fiber in a telecommunication cable. T2 - 7th International Symposium on Sensor Science CY - Napoli, Italy DA - 09.05.2019 KW - Optical fiber sensor KW - Distributed acoustic sensor (DAS) KW - Optical time domain reflectometry KW - Rayleigh scattering KW - Artificial neural networks KW - Structural health monitoring KW - Seismic measurement PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-487733 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019015030 SN - 2504-3900 VL - 15 SP - Paper 30, 1 EP - 5 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-48773 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kapa, Thomas A1 - Schreier, Andy A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - A 100-km BOFDA Assisted by First-Order Bi-Directional Raman Amplification N2 - We present, to our knowledge for the first time, a 100-km Brillouin Optical Frequency-Domain Analysis (BOFDA) employing a 200-km fiber loop. Compared to our previous publication, enhanced sensor length, sensor accuracy and spatial resolution are presented. The performance improvements are achieved by applying distributed Raman amplification (DRA) and a digital high-pass filter. We report on temperature measurements over sensing distances of 75 km and 100 km both with a 12.5-m spatial resolution. Temperature changes of 5 °C have been measured along 75 km sensing fiber. A temperature change of 30 °C has been detected at 99.5 km. KW - Distributed sensing KW - Fiber optics sensors KW - Stimulated Brillouin scattering PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-476577 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s19071527 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 19 IS - 7 SP - 1527, 1 EP - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-47657 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wosniok, Aleksander A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Smart Geosynthetics Based on Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors in Geotechnical Engineering N2 - Smart geosynthetics with embedded optical fibers as distributed sensors provide solutions both for applications in geotechnical engineering and for cost-effective monitoring of critical infrastructures. The incorporation of glass or polymer optical fibers (GOFs or POFs) in geotextiles and geogrids allows early detection of mechanical deformations, temperature and humidity. This paper presents selected examples of smart geosynthetics based on Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering effects in incorporated fiber optic sensors for monitoring of large geotechnical structures like dikes, dams, railways, embankments or slopes. The focus of the presented work is on real field tests of measurement capability with respect to the chosen measurement principle and used fiber type. KW - Polymer optical fiber (POF) KW - Smart geosynthetics KW - Fiber optic sensor KW - Distributed sensing KW - Glass optical fiber (GOF) PY - 2019 SN - 0046-5828 SP - 91 EP - 95 PB - Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society CY - Bangkok AN - OPUS4-48068 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schreier, Andy A1 - Liehr, Sascha A1 - Wosniok, Aleksander A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Comparison of solution approaches for distributed humidity sensing in perfuorinated graded-index polymer optical fibers N2 - We compare four different sensing solutions suitable for distributed fiber optic humidity sensing in per uorinated graded-index polymer optical fibers (PFGI-POFs). Compared to silica fbers, polymer optical fibers over advantageous beneffits including signifficantly higher break down strain, fracture toughness and humidity sensitivity. Various humidity-related effects in PFGI-POFs have been reported in the last years including measured attenuation and length changes as well as Brillouin frequency and Bragg wavelength shifts. The four aforementioned methods could serve as a basis for distributed and quasi-distributed humidity sensing and are described here closely with an emphasis on plausible cross effects to temperature and strain. The main focus of this paper lies on the comparison of four approaches with regard to method complexity, sensitivity to humidity, spatial resolution, real-time capability and effort to compensate for cross effects. T2 - SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 01.04.2019 KW - Distributed sensing KW - Humidity KW - Polymer optical fibre PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-5106-2723-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2522307 SN - 0277-786X SN - 1996-756X SP - 1102808-1 EP - 1102808-9 PB - SPIE AN - OPUS4-47844 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Hicke, Konstantin A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed Fiberoptic Sensor for Simultaneous Humidity and Temperature Monitoring Based on Polyimide-Coated Optical Fibers N2 - Along temperature, humidity is one of the principal environmental factors that plays an important role in various application areas. Presented work investigates possibility of distributed fiberoptic humidity monitoring based on humidity-induced strain measurement in polyimide (PI)-coated optical fibers. Characterization of relative humidity (RH) and temperature response of four different commercial PI- and one acrylate-coated fiber was performed using optical backscattering reflectometry (OBR). The study addresses issues of temperature-humidity cross sensitivity, fiber response stability, repeatability, and the influence of annealing. Acrylate-coated fiber exhibited rather unfavorable nonlinear RH response with strong temperature dependence, which makes it unsuitable for humidity sensing applications. On the other hand, humidity response of PI-coated fibers showed good linearity with fiber sensitivity slightly decreasing at rising temperatures. In the tested range, temperature sensitivity of the fibers remained humidity independent. Thermal annealing was shown to considerably improve and stabilize fiber RH response. Based on performed analysis, a 20 m sensor using the optimal PI-coated fibers was proposed and constructed. The sensor uses dual sensing fiber configuration for mutual decoupling and simultaneous measurement of temperature and RH variations. Using OBR, distributed dual temperature-RH monitoring with cm spatial resolution was demonstrated for the first time. KW - Distributed humidity sensing KW - Fiberoptic sensors KW - Polyimide-coated optical fibers KW - Optical frequency-domain reflectometry KW - Dual sensing PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-498871 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s19235279 VL - 19 IS - 23 SP - 5279 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-49887 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wosniok, Aleksander A1 - Schreier, Andy A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed BOFDA measurement on an 86 m long perfluorinated polymer optical fiber N2 - We present our research on the development of a Brillouin optical frequency-domain analysis (BOFDA) using a perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber (PFGI-POF) as a sensing fiber. The described works include investigations both on the selection of the setup components with respect to mode coupling effects and on the impact of the humidity cross-sensitivity. The suitability of the developed POF-based BOFDA is proved by a distributed measurement on an 86 m long PFGI-POF recorded with the spatial resolution of 6 m. T2 - 28th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers CY - Yokohama, Japan DA - 20.11.2019 KW - Brillouin sensing KW - BOFDA KW - Perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber KW - PFGI-POF PY - 2019 SP - 27 EP - 28 AN - OPUS4-49865 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hicke, Konstantin A1 - Chruscicki, Sebastian A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Kalli, K. ED - O'Keeffe, S. O. ED - Brambilla, G. T1 - Real-time distributed temperature gradient sensing using amplitude-based C-OTDR and sensing fiber with inscribed scattering dots N2 - We present a technique for distributed temperature gradient sensing in real-time along an optical fiber utilizing simple amplitude-based direct-detection coherent optical time domain reflectometry (C-OTDR) and a special sensing fiber. Our technique enables us to determine phase changes or low-frequency variations of the C-OTDR signal stemming from temperature variations. The distinct feature of the used sensing fiber is its structuring with equidistant strongly scattering dots. Consecutive pairs of these scatterers form the dominant local interferometers, effectively overwriting the otherwise highly nonlinear transfer function of common optical fiber. This enables a quasi-phase-resolved evaluation of perturbation responses originating from temperature changes at sensor positions between the scatterers. Using our method, we show the measurement of a nonlinear temperature transient from a heating process with a maximum temperature gradient of 0.8 °C over 20 s and a total temperature increase of 28.4 °C. This method requires almost no post-processing and can be used for simultaneous distributed vibration sensing (DVS) and quantification of local temperature gradients in a single fiber, e.g., for the use in condition monitoring of infrastructure or industrial installations. T2 - Seventh European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2019 CY - Limassol, Cyprus DA - 01.10.2019 KW - C-OTDR KW - DVS KW - Distributed vibration sensing KW - Distributed temperature gradient sensing KW - Fibre optic sensors KW - Structured fiber KW - Power cable monitoring PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-51063-123-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539925 VL - 11199 SP - 1119920-1 EP - 1119920-4 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, WA, USA AN - OPUS4-49926 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Kalli, K. ED - Brambilla, G. ED - O'Keeffe, S. T1 - Investigation of bare and tight-buffered optical fibers towards distributed humidity sensing N2 - Humidity is one of principal environmental parameters that plays an important role in various application areas. Using measurement of strain induced in an optical fiber by a water swellable coating represents a promising approach for realization of distributed humidity sensing (DHS). In this work, humidity and temperature response of four different commercial PI-coated fibers and four tight-buffered (TB) fibers is investigated with the aim of evaluating their potential for development of DHS in context of water ingress sensor for high-voltage power cable splices. PI-coated fibers exhibited close-to-linear humidity and temperature response. While the temperature response is relatively coating-independent, magnitude of humidity response was broadly correlated to the relative fiber-to-coating thickness ratio. In contrast, both humidity and temperature response of TB fibers is strongly influenced by buffer type, with Leoni TB900L fiber with Hytrel buffer exhibiting largest humidity and temperature sensitivity. While the response of tight-buffered fibers is generally nonlinear, roughly three-times higher humidity response can be achieved with TB900L compared to the most sensitive PI-coated fiber. Using the TB fiber can be, therefore, advantageous for simpler water detection applications, such as one targeted in this study, when larger sensitivity is more important than the linear response of the sensor. KW - Distribute fiberoptic sensor KW - Distributed humidity sensing KW - Water ingress detection KW - Optical backscatter reflectometry KW - Tight-buffered fibers KW - Polyimide-coated fibers PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-51063-124-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539819 VL - 11199 SP - 111991X-1 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Washington, USA AN - OPUS4-49207 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fuggini, C. A1 - Zangani, D. A1 - Wosniok, Aleksander A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Franitza, P. A1 - Gabino, L. A1 - Weigand, F. T1 - Innovative approach in the use of geotextiles for failures prevention in railway embankments N2 - Maintenance and renewal costs of a typical railway, track and substructure represents 50–60% of the total costs of such infrastructure over its entire service life. Innovations in track and substructure are therefore fundamental to achieve a significant impact on the overall cost reduction for the railways. Therefore new solutions for track improvements that are effective and that can minimize the interruption of traffic are needed. Moreover, failures of railway embankments happened recently in different regions of the world. Such events, such as the one happened in UK in February 2013 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21441070), are showing the importance of monitoring track and infrastructure coupled with the use of numerical models for the localization of the critical areas and the design of appropriate countermeasures. Indeed embankment failures, landslides and uneven settlements and similar events are becoming much more common than in the past due to climate changes, and this requires the infrastructure managers to look from a different perspective infrastructure maintenance issues. What was previously consider as “extreme” is now “common” and thus actions need to be taken to be ready when such events will happen. The aim is to mitigate their effects on the infrastructure and to minimize disruptions to train services and reduce maintenance costs to restore the normal service conditions. If this mental change happens, then the need for solutions and techniques for global asset monitoring and ground stabilization will probably increase. Among the others, geotextiles and geogrids for soil reinforcement used in combination with condition monitoring techniques have the potential for minimizing catastrophic events, whilst at the same time providing a good balance among costs and benefits (i.e. sustainability). The paper describe a case study where the use of multifunctional geotextiles, able to provide both strengthening and monitoring functions, has been tested along a railroad near the city of Chemnitz (Germany). The results are here reported to show the potential use and the innovative aspect of this solution. T2 - 6th Transport Research Arena (TRA) CY - Warsaw, Poland DA - 18.04.2016 KW - smart geotextile KW - failure prevention KW - railway embankment KW - fiber optic sensor KW - distributed sensor PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-379256 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.154 VL - 14 SP - 1875 EP - 1883 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-37925 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liehr, Sascha A1 - Breithaupt, Mathias A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Distributed humidity sensing in PMMA optical fibers at 500 nm and 650 nm wavelengths N2 - Distributed measurement of humidity is a sought-after capability for various fields of application, especially in the civil engineering and structural health monitoring sectors. This article presents a method for distributed humidity sensing along polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) polymer optical fibers (POFs) by analyzing wavelength-dependent Rayleigh backscattering and attenuation characteristics at 500 nm and 650 nm wavelengths. Spatially resolved humidity sensing is obtained from backscatter traces of a dual-wavelength optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR). Backscatter dependence, attenuation dependence as well as the fiber length change are characterized as functions of relative humidity. Cross-sensitivity effects are discussed and quantified. The evaluation of the humidity-dependent backscatter effects at the two wavelength measurements allows for distributed and unambiguous measurement of relative humidity. The technique can be readily employed with low-cost standard polymer optical fibers and commercial OTDR devices. KW - Optical fiber sensor KW - Humidity sensor KW - Distributed sensor KW - Polymer optical fiber KW - Rayleigh scattering PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-396363 UR - http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/4/738 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s17040738 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - Article 738, 1 EP - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-39636 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Radiation-induced attenuation of perfluorinated polymer optical fibers for radiation monitoring N2 - Due to some of their unique properties, optical fiber dosimeters are attractive and extensively researched devices in several radiation-related areas. This work evaluates the Performance and potential of commercial perfluorinated polymer optical fibers (PF-POFs) for radiation Monitoring applications. Gamma radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) of two commercial PF-POFs is evaluated in the VIS spectral region. Influence of a dose rate and temperature on RIA measurement is investigated, along with defect stability and measurement repeatability. Co-extruded PF-POFs are identified as more suitable for radiation monitoring applications due to lower dose-rate dependence. With co-extruded PF-POF, RIA measurement holds potential for highly-sensitive radiation Monitoring with good reproducibility. The results show that operation in the blue part of the spectrum provides most favorable performance in terms of the largest nominal Radiation sensitivity, lower temperature, and dose-rate dependence as well as higher defect stability. We demonstrate for the first time to our knowledge, that PF-POFs can be used for distributed detection of radiation with doses down to tens of Grays. The off-the-shelf, user-friendly PF-POF could be of interest as a cheap, disposable sensor for various applications, especially of a more qualitative nature. KW - Perfluorinated polymer optical fiber KW - Cytop KW - Ionizing radiation KW - Radiation-induced attenuation KW - Gamma radiation monitoring PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-419504 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s17091959 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 17 IS - 9 SP - Article 1959, 1 EP - 12 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-41950 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fasano, A. A1 - Woyessa, G. A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Markos, C. A1 - Stefani, A. A1 - Nielsen, K. A1 - Rasmussen, H. K. A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Bang, O. T1 - Fabrication and characterization of polycarbonate microstructured polymer optical fibers for high-temperature-resistant fiber Bragg grating strain sensors N2 - Here we present the fabrication of a solid-core microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) made of polycarbonate (PC), and report the first experimental demonstration of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) written in a PC optical fiber. The PC used in this work has a glass transition temperature of 145°C. We also characterize the mPOF optically and mechanically, and further test the sensitivity of the PC FBG to strain and temperature. We demonstrate that the PC FBG can bear temperatures as high as 125°C without malfunctioning. In contrast, polymethyl methacrylate-based FBG technology is generally limited to temperatures below 90°C. KW - Fiber optics sensors KW - Fiber Bragg gratings KW - Microstructured fibers KW - Fiber characterization KW - Polymers PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-355591 DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.6.000649 SN - 2159-3930 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 649 EP - 659 PB - OSA Publishig AN - OPUS4-35559 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Harun, S.W. ED - Arof, H. T1 - Smart technical textiles based on fiber optic sensors N2 - Smart technical textiles are by definition textiles that can interact with their environment. They can sense and react to environmental conditions and external stimuli from mechanical, thermal, chemical or other sources. Such textiles are multifunctional or even “intelligent” which is fulfilled by a number of sensors incorporated in the textiles. The embedded sensors are sensitive to various parameters such as temperature, strain, chemical, biological and other substances. PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-289397 SN - 978-953-51-1148-1 DO - https://doi.org/10.5772/54244 IS - Section 3 / Chapter 12 SP - 319 EP - 344 PB - InTech AN - OPUS4-28939 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -