This investigation proposes and experimentally validates a method to increase the sensitivity of a bending fiber optic sensor based on anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) guidance. The sensing device is fabricated by splicing a small piece of capillary hollow-core fiber (CHCF) between two single-mode fibers (SMF), then, this structure is placed on a steel sheet to measure different curvature values. The sensor by itself shows a low curvature sensitivity in a curvature small range. However, if half of the CHCF length is covered with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the curvature sensitivity increases, even in a bigger curvature range. Furthermore, the coated device reveals a really small temperature sensitivity, proving that temperature variations do not have an influence on the bending fiber optic sensor operation. The ARROW sensor created with this method is cost-effective and can be used for real sensing applications like structural health monitoring.
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