This study experimentally demonstrates a large measurement range curvature sensor based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) in a triple-ring-core fiber (TRCF). The sensor is fabricated by fusion splicing a segment of TRCF between two pieces of single-mode fiber (SMF), forming the SMF-TRCF-SMF sandwich structure. Since the TRCF can support the propagation of a few guided modes, the fundamental mode interferes with high-order modes in the sensing part to produce a periodic interference spectrum. Bending causes the effective refractive index of the mode to change, which shifts the interference spectrum. The bending measurement is achieved by monitoring the wavelength variation of interference dips. The proposed sensors can realize curvature measurements up to 100 m, with a bending sensitivity of -225.9 pm/m. It is believed that the proposed MZI sensor may have potential applications in robot hand gesture recognition and control.

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