Plasmon resonance based gold nanoparticle doped optical fibre strain sensing

Strain-based structural health monitoring (SHM) relies on high performance strain sensing methods. Gold nanoparticle (NP) doped fibre optic sensors not only have the potential to increase the intensity of the backscattered signal to increase the signal to noise ratio but also have plasmon resonance peaks in the visible light range. The...

Light scattering and rheological effects in an optical fibre coupled nanoparticle suspension

This study forms the first part of research into enhancing the forward and back scattering of light in an optical fibre using nanoparticles (NPs). This approach has the potential to enhance the sensitivity of optical fibre sensing by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio. The work described in this paper is focused on understanding the...