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Project: Helically Twisted Polymer Optical Fibres for High Capacity Short Range Communications and Wearable Flexible Smart Sensors

Acronym: FOPE-ComSens
Main Objective:
The main objective of this proposal is to develop new techniques and new innovative devices based on CFGs for FTTH networks and also wearable fibre sensors for medicine of
rehabilitation, namely for the monitoring of knee, elbow and shoulder joints.
The main objectives are as follows:
Aim 1: Modelling and improve the theoretical understanding of CFGs in POFs of different types, geometries and materials;
Aim 2: Implementation of a state of the art CFG fabrication system for POF fibres;
Aim 3: Development of innovative POF based CFG devices for low-cost passive all-optical processing using all-POF based technology;
Aim 4: Design and development of new wearable POF sensors based on CFGs, for the monitoring of human joints, either by stitching the fibre onto clothes or by embedding the
fibres in 3D printed flexible skins;
Aim 5: Experimental evaluation of the proposed solutions with the presentation of prototypes;
Aim 6: Training young researchers;
Aim 7: Continue the successful international scientific networking.
Reference: PTDC/EEI-TEL/1511/2020
Funding: FCT
Approval Date: 17-12-2020
Start Date: 29-03-2021
End Date: 28-12-2024
Team: Ricardo Jorge Figueiredo Oliveira, Rogério Nunes Nogueira, Ana Maria Sousa da Rocha, Miguel Vidal Drummond, Liliana Mendes Sousa, Hossam Abdelaziz Ibrahim Selmy, João Pedro Reis Preizal, Lúcia Maria Botas Bilro, Filipa da Rosa Carvalhal Sequeira, Daniel Andre Pires Duarte
Groups: Optical Sensors and Integrated Photonics - Av
Partners: none
Local Coordinator: Ricardo Jorge Figueiredo Oliveira
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Links: http://fope-comsens.av.it.pt

Associated Publications
  • 6Papers in Journals
  • R. Oliveira, L. Bilro, M. Marinho, Embedded Optical Fiber Bragg Grating in 3D-Printed Membranes for Monitoring Finger Flexion Movement, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 6336 - 6345, February, 2025,
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  • C. Ramos, J. Preizal, X. Hu, C. Caucheteur, G. Woyessa, O. Bang, Ana M. Rocha, R. Oliveira, High resolution liquid level sensor based on Archimedes’ law of buoyancy using polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings, Measurement, Vol. 252, No., pp. 117368 - 117368, 2025,
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  • A. Sheykhian, Ana M. Rocha, R. Oliveira, Helical Long-Period Grating Through a Commercial CO2 Laser Fiber Processing Machine for Torsion Sensor Applications, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 24, No. 21, pp. 34481 - 34486, November, 2024,
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  • H. Selmy, G. Fernandes, R.N. Nogueira, R. Oliveira, GI-POF Transmission At Different Bit Rates, Fiber Lengths and Wavelengths: 1310 and 1550 nm, IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2024,
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  • N. Valente, F. F. Figueira, L. Bilro, R. Oliveira, Strain, Displacement, and Temperature Opportunities of a Periodically Etched Optical Fiber, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 2871 - 2879, February, 2024,
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  • J. Preizal, L. Bilro, R.N. Nogueira, R. Oliveira, Helically twisted microstructured polymer optical fiber and its application as a torsion and strain sensor, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 929 - 935, January, 2024,
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