Simplified Formula of Bending Loss for Optical Fiber Sensors

A simple fiber-optic bending loss formula is achieved for optical fiber sensors. This simple formula considers various bending radii, number of turns, extra bending angle, and wavelength and has good agreement with theoretical and experimental data. We also propose a simplified formula for sensitivity of the fiber-optic bending loss in this article. The defined sensitivity formula has the benefit of showing parameters for fiber-optic bending sensor systems.