From Spider Webs to a Biomimetic Optical Fibre Sensor

Kenny Hey Tow; Desmond M. Chow; Fritz Vollrath; Isabelle Dicaire; Isabelle Dicaire; Tom Gheysens; Tom Gheysens; Luc Thévenaz

doi:10.1364/OFC.2018.W1K.4

Optical Fiber Communication Conference
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2018),
paper W1K.4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2018.W1K.4

From Spider Webs to a Biomimetic Optical Fibre Sensor

Kenny Hey Tow, Desmond M. Chow, Fritz Vollrath, Isabelle Dicaire, Tom Gheysens, and Luc Thévenaz

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2018

San Diego, California United States
11–15 March 2018
ISBN: 978-1-943580-38-5

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K. H. Tow, D. M. Chow, F. Vollrath, I. Dicaire, T. Gheysens, and L. Thévenaz, "From Spider Webs to a Biomimetic Optical Fibre Sensor," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2018), paper W1K.4.

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Abstract

Can we use spider silk threads as natural, biological optical fibre sensors? In this communication, we will see how we can harness the optical properties of spider dragline silk and use it for sensing.

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