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Transparent and Flexible Force Sensor Array Based on Optical Waveguide
- Authors
- Youngsung Kim, Suntak Park, Seung Koo Park, Sungryul Yun, Ki-Uk Kyung, Kyung Sun
- Issue Date
- 2012-06
- Citation
- Optics Express, v.20, no.13, pp.14486-14493
- ISSN
- 1094-4087
- Publisher
- Optical Society of America (OSA),
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- This paper suggests a force sensor array measuring contact force based on intensity change of light transmitted throughout optical waveguide. For transparency and flexibility of the sensor, two soft prepolymers with different refractive index have been developed. The optical waveguide consists of two cladding layers and a core layer. The top cladding layer is designed to allow light scattering at the specific area in response to finger contact. The force sensor shows a distinct tendency that output intensity decreases with input force and measurement range is from 0 to -13.2 dB. © 2012 Optical Society of America.
- KSP Keywords
- Cladding layer, Flexible force sensor, Input force, Measurement range, Sensor array, Specific area, contact force, light scattering, optical waveguides, refractive index, transparent and flexible
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