Sub-Nanometer Acoustic Vibration Sensing Using a Tapered-Tip Optical Fiber Microcantilever
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Working Principle
2.2. Fiber Fabrication
2.3. Measurement Setup
2.4. Eigenfrequency Analysis
3. Experimental Results
3.1. Measurements with a Tapered-Tip Diameter of 1.5 µm
3.2. Measurements with a Tapered-Tip Diameter of 1.8 µm
3.3. Measurements with Non-Tapered Fibers
3.4. Effect of Fiber to Fiber and Fiber to Piezo Distances
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Tip Diameter (µm) | Eigenfrequency (kHz) | ||||
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1.5 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 13.5 | 16.5 |
19.7 | 23.2 | 27.2 | 31.2 | 35.9 | |
40.2 | 45.5 | ||||
1.8 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 10 | 12.4 | 15.0 |
18.1 | 21.3 | 24.8 | 28.6 | 32.6 | |
37.2 | 41.6 | 46.5 |
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Lu, C.; Dashtabi, M.M.; Nikbakht, H.; Khoshmehr, M.T.; Akca, B.I. Sub-Nanometer Acoustic Vibration Sensing Using a Tapered-Tip Optical Fiber Microcantilever. Sensors 2023, 23, 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020924
Lu C, Dashtabi MM, Nikbakht H, Khoshmehr MT, Akca BI. Sub-Nanometer Acoustic Vibration Sensing Using a Tapered-Tip Optical Fiber Microcantilever. Sensors. 2023; 23(2):924. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020924
Chicago/Turabian StyleLu, Chunyu, Mahdi Mozdoor Dashtabi, Hamed Nikbakht, Mohammad Talebi Khoshmehr, and B. Imran Akca. 2023. "Sub-Nanometer Acoustic Vibration Sensing Using a Tapered-Tip Optical Fiber Microcantilever" Sensors 23, no. 2: 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020924