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Optically activated novel force sensor calibrated as weighing balance
Author(s) -
Kulkarni Atul,
Karekar R. N.,
Aiyer R. C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.20802
Subject(s) - hysteresis , microwave , linearity , balance (ability) , range (aeronautics) , materials science , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , telecommunications , composite material , condensed matter physics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
This paper presents the use of plastic optical fibers (POFs) as a weighing balance. A force sensor with a critically adjusted pair of deforming plates and weighing 1 g to 3 kg is constructed, having an accuracy of 1% over the range of ±0.5% linearity with regard to response and a recovery time of 250 msec with no observable hysteresis. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 45: 300–303, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20802