Abstract

Smartphone-based interrogation of a fiber Bragg grating sensor is, to the best of our knowledge, reported for the first time. The smartphone flashlight LED was used as a light source and a transmissive diffraction grating projected the CFBG spectra on the smartphone camera. In order to efficiently couple light from the smartphone LED to the fiber with CFBG, multimode fiber was used for inscription. Interrogation setup consists of a smartphone and low-cost off-the-shelf available components. Measurement principle was illustrated through the fiber strain caused by applied longitudinal force. Attained measurement sensitivity and resolution were validated via comparison with commercial spectrometer and theoretical results based on Cramer–Rao approach. Also, to the best of our knowledge, the influence of modal noise on the smartphone-based fiber optic sensor interrogation system performance is considered for the first time.

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