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    Fiber Loop Mirror Based on Optical Fiber Circulator for Sensing Applications
    ( 2023) Paulo Robalinho ; Beatriz Gomes Soares ; Lobo,A ; Susana Oliveira Silva ; Orlando Frazão ; 4061 ; 4678 ; 7405 ; 7700
    In this paper, a different Fiber Loop Mirror (FLM) configuration with two circulators is presented. This configuration is demonstrated and characterized for sensing applications. This new design concept was used for strain and torsion discrimination. For strain measurement, the interference fringe displacement has a sensitivity of (0.576 ± 0.009) pm?µe-1. When the FFT (Fast Fourier Transformer) is calculated and the frequency shift and signal amplitude are monitored, the sensitivities are (-2.1 ± 0.3) × 10-4 nm-1 µe-1 and (4.9 ± 0.3) × 10-7 µe-1, respectively. For the characterization in torsion, an FFT peaks variation of (-2.177 ± 0.002) × 10-12 nm-1/° and an amplitude variation of (1.02 ± 0.06) × 10-3/° are achieved. This configuration allows the use of a wide range of fiber lengths and with different refractive indices for controlling the free spectral range (FSR) and achieving refractive index differences, i.e., birefringence, higher than 10-2, which is essential for the development of high sensitivity physical parameter sensors, such as operating on the Vernier effect. Furthermore, this FLM configuration allows the system to be balanced, which is not possible with traditional FLMs.
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    Measurement of Paracetamol Concentration Using an Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Cavity
    ( 2023) Soares,L ; Perez Herrera,RA ; Susana Novais ; Ferreira,A ; Susana Oliveira Silva ; Orlando Frazão ; 4061 ; 4678 ; 7725
    Process Analytical Technology (PAT) has been increasingly used in the pharmaceutical industry to monitor essential parameters in real-time during pharmaceutical processes. The concentration of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), such as paracetamol, is one of these parameters, and controlling its variations allows for optimization of the production process. In this study, a refractometric sensor, implemented by an interrogation system based on an Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Cavity (EDFRC), was presented and experimentally demonstrated. The Cavity Ring proposed included a 1 × 3 coupler. One port of the coupler was used to increase the optical power of the system through a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG), and the other two ports were used as sensing head and reference. The sensor detected variations of paracetamol concentration with a sensitivity of [(-1.00 ± 0.05) × 10-3] nW/(g/kg) and a resolution of 5.53 g/kg. The results demonstrate the potential of this technology as a possible non-invasive PAT tool.