PMID- 30995782 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200225 IS - 1424-8220 (Electronic) IS - 1424-8220 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Apr 16 TI - A High Sensitivity Temperature Sensing Probe Based on Microfiber Fabry-Perot Interference. LID - 10.3390/s19081819 [doi] LID - 1819 AB - In this paper, a miniature Fabry-Perot temperature probe was designed by using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to encapsulate a microfiber in one cut of hollow core fiber (HCF). The microfiber tip and a common single mode fiber (SMF) end were used as the two reflectors of the Fabry-Perot interferometer. The temperature sensing performance was experimentally demonstrated with a sensitivity of 11.86 nm/ degrees C and an excellent linear fitting in the range of 43-50 degrees C. This high sensitivity depends on the large thermal-expansion coefficient of PDMS. This temperature sensor can operate no higher than 200 degrees C limiting by the physicochemical properties of PDMS. The low cost, fast fabrication process, compact structure and outstanding resolution of less than 10(-4) degrees C enable it being as a promising candidate for exploring the temperature monitor or controller with ultra-high sensitivity and precision. FAU - Li, Zhoubing AU - Li Z AD - College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. lizhoubing50@163.com. FAU - Zhang, Yue AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. 20174113@stu.neu.edu.cn. FAU - Ren, Chunqiao AU - Ren C AD - College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. Rencq12138@163.com. FAU - Sui, Zhengqi AU - Sui Z AD - College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. 15942415413@163.com. FAU - Li, Jin AU - Li J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9658-8184 AD - College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. lijin@ise.neu.edu.cn. AD - State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. lijin@ise.neu.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - N170405003 and N170407005/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities/ GR - 20180510015/Liaoning Province Natural Science Foundation/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190416 PL - Switzerland TA - Sensors (Basel) JT - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101204366 PMC - PMC6515082 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Fabry-Perot interferometer OT - PDMS OT - fiber sensors OT - integrated optics OT - microfiber OT - temperature sensors COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/04/19 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/19 06:01 PMCR- 2019/04/01 CRDT- 2019/04/19 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/04/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s19081819 [pii] AID - sensors-19-01819 [pii] AID - 10.3390/s19081819 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sensors (Basel). 2019 Apr 16;19(8):1819. doi: 10.3390/s19081819.