Transcript Frank`s presentation at the BITE Symposium

BITE Industrial Secondment
@ Fibercore: Specialty optical fiber for sensing
applications
Frank Tutu PhD
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL
Outline
• About me
• Fibercore: Introduction
• Overview of BITE projects at Fibercore
• Current status
About me
• Undergrad @ UCL in Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• Interest in photonics and energy technologies
• PhD @ UCL Photonics group: Design and Fabrication of III-V Quantum
Dot Solar Cells
• April 2014 joined the Development team at Fibercore on the BITE
scheme
Fibercore: Introduction
Fibercore: Introduction
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Fibercore was formed as a spin-out from the Optical Fiber Group at the University of
Southampton.
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Fibercore is a manufacturer of specialty optical fiber mostly for sensing applications
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Customer support activities are key to the business
Fibercore: Introduction
30 years experience dedicated to specialty fibers
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Shipping > 1,000,000 metres of specialty fiber,
every month
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Worldwide; business in 50 countries
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Highly diversified business serving many industry
sectors:
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Energy
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Aerospace,
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Bio-Medical,
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Civil Engineering
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Telecoms
Fibercore: Introduction
Global #1 supplier of optical fibers for current
sensors
Global #1 supplier of fibers for Fiber Optic
Gyroscopes
BITE Projects
BITE Projects
Smart Grid – Market for optical current sensors
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Investigated the size of the smart grid sensor
market, focusing on the market size of optical
current sensors
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Reviewed the key players within the
manufacture of optical current sensors
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Gained an insight into optical fiber industry
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Results of study presented to Sales team and
the Head of Strategy & New Markets
BITE Projects
Qualification of High Temperature Acrylate Coating
Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (FOGs) are being used in
increasing severe temperature environments in
excess of the normal operating range
Therefore high temperature acrylate (HTA) which can
operate to 150⁰C was assessed
Results published in Inertial Sensors and Systems
Conference and IEEE Xplore
New Product in Fibercore’s 2015 brochure
Current Status
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Employed at Fibercore as Development and Project Engineer
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Working on:
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Customer support activities
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Development and optimisation of coating package design used in polarisation
maintaining fiber
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Project management of key technical improvements and qualifications
Thank You