Fraunhofer IPT develops fiber-optic sensors for challenging measurement tasks such as measuring the smallest of boreholes. Using fiber-integrated beam steering and shaping, individual sensors up to a diameter of 80 microns can be manufactured. Short story: intrisic fiber optic sensors are great way to sense mostly non-electrical parameters, in unusual. This project aims to describe repeatable way of producing simple and cheap fiber optic sensors, capable of measuring mechanical force, perhaps also other physical quantities. In 2023, researchers turned submarine cables into earthquake warning systems and gave electric vehicles “optical nerves” to prevent battery failures. Fibers have many uses in remote sensing.
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