• 250 km ultra long remote sensor system based on a fiber loop mirror interrogated by an OTDR 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Baptista, José Manuel; Santos, José Luís; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; Frazão, Orlando (Optical Society of America, 2011)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A 253 km ultra long remote displacement sensor system based on a fiber loop mirror interrogated by a commercial OTDR is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The use of a fiber loop mirror increases the signal to noise ...
    • Aluminum coated fiber optic sensor for enhancing flow rate measurement 

      Rodríguez Rodríguez, Armando; Urroz Unzueta, José Carlos Upna Orcid; Diéguez Elizondo, Pedro Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; López Rodríguez, José Javier Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2023)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      A water flow and velocity aluminum-coated Fiber Bragg Grating sensor system for open channels was designed, simulated and tested. The sensing head was designed, ruggedized and customized to measure velocities at ...
    • Application of remote power-by-light switching in a simplified BOTDA sensor network 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Zornoza Indart, Ander; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; López Higuera, José Miguel; Ullán Nieto, Ángel (MDPI, 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We propose and demonstrate the use of spatial multiplexing as a means to reduce the costs of distributed sensing networks. We propose a new scheme in which remote power-by-light switching is deployed to scan multiple ...
    • Compact optical fiber lasers and optical fiber sensors assisted by femtosecond laser inscription of plane-by-plane FBGs 

      Roldán Varona, Pablo; Pallarés Aldeiturriaga, D.; Rodríguez Cobo, Luis; Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; López Higuera, José Miguel (Optica, 2020)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      Development of a high temperature sensor based on optical fiber l aser generated from a cavity of reduced dimensions (43 mm) in Er-doped fiber. The mirror FBGs have been inscribed with femtosecond laser using the slit beam ...
    • Concrete beam bending test monitorization using a high strain fiber optic sensor 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Sáenz, J.; Bravo Navas, M.; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (IEEE / OSA, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work the development of an 'eight-shape' fiber optic sensor for high strain measurement is experimentally demonstrated. This strain sensor is interrogated using a commercial optical time domain reflectometer through ...
    • Contribution to the development of new photonic systems for fiber optic sensing applications 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid (2015)   Tesis doctoral / Doktoretza tesia  OpenAccess
      En este trabajo de doctorado se presentan nuevos sistemas y subsistemas de sensores de fibra óptica. Así, se proponen y desarrollan nuevas técnicas, componentes y tecnologías basadas en láseres de fibra con espejos ...
    • Development of a water flow and velocity optical fiber sensor for field testing 

      Rodríguez Rodríguez, Armando; Urroz Unzueta, José Carlos Upna Orcid; Diéguez Elizondo, Pedro Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; López Rodríguez, José Javier Upna Orcid (Optica Publishing Group, 2022)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      A water flow and velocity fiber optic sensor system was developed and tested. The sensing head was especially developed and ruggedized to measure velocities at different depths, in order to calculate the discharge in channels.
    • Distributed humidity sensor for moisture-front monitoring in soils 

      Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Delgado Zabala, Oihane; López Rodríguez, José Javier Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (Optica, 2020)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      In this contribution, high spatial resolution distributed humidity sensing was demonstrated for moisture-front monitoring in soils by using polyimide coated optical fiber.
    • Enhanced optical fiber lasers and optical fiber sensors assisted by micro-drilled optical fibers 

      Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Roldán Varona, Pablo; Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Rodríguez Cobo, Luis; López Higuera, José Miguel; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (Optica, 2020)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      Enhanced OFS assisted by micro-drilled optical fibers acting as mirrors are demonstrated. Strain sensitivity improved more than one order of magnitude in comparison with FBG sensors using a 50 μm-waist micro-drilled taper ...
    • Fiber optic mirror fabrication using general-purpose metallic pigments 

      Jaso Gallego, Isabel; Mejia-Olivo, Edison; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2023)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      In this work, the potential of using general-purpose paints to fabricate highly reflective, low-cost optical mirrors is evaluated. The study shows that high-reflectivity mirrors can be created in standard single-mode fiber ...
    • Fully switchable multi-wavelength fiber lasers based on random distributed feedback for sensors interrogation 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Miguel Soto, Verónica de Upna Orcid; Ortigosa Cayetano, Amaia; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (IEEE / OSA, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this paper, the experimental study and characterization of a novel real-time switchable multi-wavelength fiber laser has been carried out. Two different gain materials, such as a 50 km SMF and a 2.5 km DCF fibers were ...
    • High resolution polarization-independent highbirefringence fiber loop mirror sensor 

      Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work, two all polarization-maintaining (PM) highbirefringence (Hi-Bi) fiber loop mirrors (FLM) which are immune to external polarization perturbations are validated both theoretically and experimentally. Simplified ...
    • In-field torsion measurements on solar trackers using fiber optic sensors 

      Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Júdez Colorado, Aitor Upna; Mariñelarena Ollacarizqueta, Jon Upna Orcid; Falcone Lanas, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; Jiménez, S.; Achaerandio, Álvaro (Optica, 2020)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      In-field torsion measurements on solar trackers using fiber Bragg gratings are presented. 45 FBG sensors have been deployed in an operational solar energy plant to study the mechanical response of the structure to wind.
    • An in-reflection strain sensing head based on a Hi-Bi photonic crystal fiber 

      Rota Rodrigo, Sergio Upna; Rodrigues Pinto, Ana Margarida Upna; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A photonic crystal fiber-based sensing head is proposed for strain measurements. The sensor comprises a Hi-Bi PCF sensing head to measure interferometric signals in-reflection. An experimental background study of the sensing ...
    • Internal modulation of a Random fiber laser 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Fernández Vallejo, Montserrat Upna; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A characterization of a modulated random mirror laser has been experimentally carried out. Unlike conventional internally modulated fiber lasers, no distortion of the modulating frequency or self-mode-locking effects were ...
    • Medida de torsión en seguidores solares con sensores de fibra óptica 

      Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn; Júdez Colorado, Aitor Upna; Mariñelarena Ollacarizqueta, Jon Upna Orcid; Falcone Lanas, Francisco Javier Upna Orcid; Jiménez Romero, Sergio; Moriana García, Iñaki (SEDOPTICA, 2021)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      En este trabajo se ha monitorizado la torsión sufrida por una estructura de seguidores solares empleando sensores de fibra óptica. Estas medidas de campo se han obtenido con una red de sensores formada por 45 redes de ...
    • Micro-displacement sensor combined with a fiber ring interrogated by an optical time-domain reflectometer 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Baptista, José Manuel; Santos, José Luís; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; Frazão, Orlando (IEEE, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      A micro-displacement sensing head based on two aligned cleaved fibers inserted into an optical fiber ring and interrogated by an OTDR is presented. The sensor configuration is characterized for measuring both longitudinal ...
    • Micro-drilled optical fiber for enhanced laser strain sensors 

      Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Roldán Varona, Pablo; Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Rodríguez Cobo, Luis; López Higuera, José Miguel; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2019)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      In this work, we present an experimental measurement of temperature and strain sensitivities of a micro-drilled optical fiber (MDOF). The MDOF consisted of a quasi-randomly distributed reflector along a single mode fiber ...
    • Microdrilled tapers to enhance optical fiber lasers for sensing 

      Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Roldán Varona, Pablo; Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Rodríguez Cobo, Luis; López Higuera, José Miguel; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (Nature Research, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work, an experimental analysis of the performance of different types of quasi-randomly distributed reflectors inscribed into a single-mode fiber as a sensing mirror is presented. These artificially-controlled ...
    • Multicore fiber sensors for strain measurement towards traffic monitoring 

      Sánchez González, Arturo; Pradas Martínez, Javier Upna; Corera Orzanco, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Dauliat, Romain; Jamier, Raphael; Roy, Philippe; Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana Upna Orcid; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2023)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      In this work, two new interferometric sensors based on multicore optical fibers for the measurement of strain with the ultimate goal of traffic monitoring are presented. The operating principle of each sensor relied on ...

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