Photonic crystal slab strain sensors: A viable tool for structural health monitoring

Valentina Piccolo; Anna Piotrowska; Andrea Chiappini; Alessandro Vaccari; Maurizio Ferrari; Luca Deseri; Daniele Zonta

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550655

Photonic crystal slab strain sensors: A viable tool for structural health monitoring

Valentina Piccolo, Anna Piotrowska, Andrea Chiappini, Alessandro Vaccari, Maurizio Ferrari, Luca Deseri, Daniele Zonta

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Abstract

We discuss the possible use of photonic crystals as strain sensors. We demonstrate the feasible fabrication of a crystal having sub-micrometric polystyrene colloidal spheres in a PDMS matrix on a rubber substrate, and we demonstrate that the photonic properties change with substrate elongation according to theoretical prediction. The crystal's sensitivity to strain depends directly on interplanar spacing and on Poisson's ratio. To enhance the crystal strain resolution, we propose to fabricate photonic crystal slabs, which exhibit a high geometrical Poisson's ratio, and we investigate their mechanical behavior through non-linear Finite Element analysis and then, through an approximate optomechanical approach, the optical response.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Volume	2016-August
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509014675
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550655
State	Published - Aug 23 2016
Event	18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016 - Trento, Italy Duration: Jul 10 2016 → Jul 14 2016

Other

Other	18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016
Country	Italy
City	Trento
Period	7/10/16 → 7/14/16

Keywords

buckling
nonlinear elasticity
numerical analysis
optical response
photonic crystal slabs
structural health monitoring

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Piccolo, V., Piotrowska, A., Chiappini, A., Vaccari, A., Ferrari, M., Deseri, L., & Zonta, D. (2016). Photonic crystal slab strain sensors: A viable tool for structural health monitoring. In 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016 (Vol. 2016-August). [7550655] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550655

Photonic crystal slab strain sensors : A viable tool for structural health monitoring. / Piccolo, Valentina; Piotrowska, Anna; Chiappini, Andrea; Vaccari, Alessandro; Ferrari, Maurizio; Deseri, Luca; Zonta, Daniele.

2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016. Vol. 2016-August Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7550655.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Piccolo, V, Piotrowska, A, Chiappini, A, Vaccari, A, Ferrari, M, Deseri, L & Zonta, D 2016, Photonic crystal slab strain sensors: A viable tool for structural health monitoring. in 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016. vol. 2016-August, 7550655, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016, Trento, Italy, 7/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550655

Piccolo V, Piotrowska A, Chiappini A, Vaccari A, Ferrari M, Deseri L et al. Photonic crystal slab strain sensors: A viable tool for structural health monitoring. In 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016. Vol. 2016-August. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7550655 https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550655

Piccolo, Valentina ; Piotrowska, Anna ; Chiappini, Andrea ; Vaccari, Alessandro ; Ferrari, Maurizio ; Deseri, Luca ; Zonta, Daniele. / Photonic crystal slab strain sensors : A viable tool for structural health monitoring. 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016. Vol. 2016-August Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016.

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