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Frank Tutu PhDDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL
BITE Industrial Secondment
@ Fibercore: Specialty optical fiber for sensing applications
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Outline
• About me
• Fibercore: Introduction
• Overview of BITE projects at Fibercore
• Current status
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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
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Fibercore: Introduction
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Fibercore: Introduction
• Fibercore was formed as a spin-out from the Optical Fiber Group at the University of Southampton.
• Fibercore is a manufacturer of specialty optical fiber mostly for sensing applications
• Customer support activities are key to the business
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Fibercore: Introduction
• Shipping > 1,000,000 metres of specialty fiber,
every month
• Worldwide; business in 50 countries
• Highly diversified business serving many industry
sectors: Energy Aerospace, Bio-Medical, Civil Engineering Telecoms
30 years experience dedicated to specialty fibers
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Global #1 supplier of fibers for Fiber Optic Gyroscopes
Global #1 supplier of optical fibers for current sensors
Fibercore: Introduction
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BITE Projects
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Smart Grid – Market for optical current sensors
• Investigated the size of the smart grid sensor market, focusing on the market size of optical current sensors
• Reviewed the key players within the manufacture of optical current sensors
• Gained an insight into optical fiber industry
• Results of study presented to Sales team and the Head of Strategy & New Markets
BITE Projects
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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 150 C was assessed ⁰
Results published in Inertial Sensors and Systems Conference and IEEE Xplore
New Product in Fibercore’s 2015 brochure
BITE ProjectsQualification of High Temperature Acrylate Coating
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• Employed at Fibercore as Development and Project Engineer
• Working on:
• Customer support activities
• Development and optimisation of coating package design used in polarisation maintaining fiber
• Project management of key technical improvements and qualifications
Current Status
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Thank You