Author Affiliations
1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400044, China;2State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of shape sensing based on the optical frequency domain reflectometer
Fig. 2. Principle diagram of the optical frequency domain reflectometer. (a) Superposition of interference beat signals; (b) spectrum of beat frequency interference before and after strain
Fig. 3. Bending diagram of shape sensor
Fig. 4. The wavelength shift measured by optical frequency domain reflectometer when seven core fiber has a bending radius of 10 cm. (a) Without torsion; (b) with torsion
Fig. 5. Structure diagram of shape sensor
Fig. 6. Signal demodulation process of the optical frequency domain reflectometer
Fig. 7. Calibration experiment of shape sensor. (a) Experimental setup; (b) wavelength shift curves of three fibers with the same bending radius and different bending direction
Fig. 8. Experimental results of bending sensitivity calibration. (a) Wavelength shift along the sensing fiber #1 under different curvatures; (b) variation of wavelength shift of optical fibers #1, #2 and #3 with curvature
Fig. 9. Experiment of two dimensional shape sensing. (a) Experimental setup; (b) measured 2D shape
Fig. 10. Experiment of 3D shape sensing. (a) Experimental setup; (b) measured 3D shape
Reference | Technical solutions | Sensor structure | Sensorlength /cm | Root mean square (RMS) error |
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Ref. [9] | FBG +wavelengthdivision multiplexing | Three SMFs, eachwith two gratings | 15 | RMS error of the tip: 0.38 mm (Tip deflection is ±15 mm) | Ref. [34] | OFDR | Three SMFs with enhancedRayleigh scattering afterUV light exposure | 15 | RMS error of the tip: (0.6±0.2) mm(Tip deflection is ±15 mm) | Ref. [31] | OFDR | Three-core fiber gratings | 110 | Maximum error at the end:2.1%(2D shape);Maximum error at the end:3.9%(3D shape) | Ref. [33] | OFDR | Three-core fiber gratings | 111 | Maximum error at the end:70.07 mm(3D shape) | This article | OFDR | Three single-mode fibers | 100 | Maximum error at the end:0.58%(2D shape);Maximum error at the end:3.45%(3D shape) |
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Table 1. Comparison of typical optical fiber shape sensing technologies