ORCID
- Zhe Wang: 0000-0003-1169-360X
- Yuliya Semenova: 0000-0002-2906-0643
Abstract
Mechanical force sensors are critical for a wide range of advanced applications. This paper presents a high-performance whispering gallery mode (WGM) force sensor based on a glass-supported microbubble resonator (MBR). By incorporating the proposed glass support design, the proposed sensor achieves the highest force sensitivity reported for MBR-based structures, of 125.71 pm/mN and a detection limit of 52.26 μN. The sensor has a response time of 3.5 ms, enabling rapid detection of dynamic force changes. Further tests show that the sensor is capable of detecting subtle forces, such as those created by water droplets and a gentle breeze, paving the way for potential applications in health monitoring, vibration detection, and other dynamic force-sensing scenarios.
Keywords
Force sensor, microbubble resonator, optical fiber sensor, whispering gallery modes
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Publication Date
2025-01-01
Publication Title
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume
43
Issue
12
ISSN
0733-8724
First Page
5989
Last Page
5995
Acceptance Date
2025-01-01
Deposit Date
2025-07-29
Funding
This work was supported in part by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Program through Marie Sklodowska - Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) Project OWIN6G (Optical and wireless sensors networks for 6G scenarios) under Agreement no. 101119624, in part by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of United Kingdom under Grant EP/Y034538/1 and Grant EP/Y036115/1, in part by Taighde ireann Research Ireland under Grant 13/RC/2077_P2 at CONNECT: The Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks under Grant 18/CRT/6222, in part by Royal Society International Exchanges 2022 under Grant IES\R3\223005, and in part by the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024 under Project ID: GOIPD/2024/181.
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Recommended Citation
Shen, Yiming; Wang, Zhe; Anand, V. R.; Wang, Zhuochen; Jibon, Rayhan Habib; Rout, Anuradha; Cai, Bo; Wu, Qiang; and Semenova, Yuliya, "Enhanced Force Sensing Utilizing a Glass-Supported WGM Microbubble Resonator" (2025). Research Outputs: 2025-Present. 9.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/engschelero/9