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A high-sensitivity hydraulic pressure sensor is proposed, which consists of a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) filled with a polymer film of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The FPI structure is fabricated by splicing a section of hollow core fiber (HCF) to the end-face of a lead-in single mode fiber (SMF). Then, the PDMS is filled into the HCF which acts as a light reflector and a diaphragm to detect external pressure variation. As a result, the length of the FPI cavity and the thickness of the PDMS are 137.8 µm and 33.8 µm, respectively. Experimental results indicate that the sensor's wavelength exhibits a linear response to the hydraulic pressure, which function is described as y = -7.35 × 10x + 1536.395. Here, x and y represent the hydraulic pressure and the wavelength, respectively. The pressure sensitivity is up to -7.35 nm/kPa. Besides, a temperature compensation method based on a fiber Bragg grating is proposed to eliminate the influence of temperature. Experiments show that the scheme can effectively eliminate the influence of temperature and achieve accurate measurement of hydraulic pressure.
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Ophthalmol Glaucoma
September 2025
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address:
Purpose: To investigate hand function and eye drop instillation success in adults with and without glaucoma.
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Instituto de Ecología, Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Hermosillo, Luis Donaldo Colosio s/n, Los Arcos, Hermosillo, Sonora CP 83250, México.
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