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Sensors 2011, 11, 8741-8750; doi:10.3390/s110908741 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Power Loss Characteristics of a Sensing Element Based on a Polymer Optical Fiber under Cyclic Tensile Elongation Yung-Chuan Chen 1, Li-Wen Chen 1 and Wei-Hua Lu 2,* 1 Department of Vehicle Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan; E-Mails: chuan@.tw (Y.-C.C.); liwen@.tw (L.-W.C.) 2 Department of Material Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: whl@.tw; Tel.: +886-8-7703-202; Fax: +886-8-7740-552. Received: 4 August 2011; in revised form: 29 August 2011 / Accepted: 1 September 2011 / Published: 8 September 2011 Abstract: In this study, power losses in polymer optical fiber (POF) subjected to cyclic tensile loadings are studied experimentally. The parameters discussed are the cyclic load level and the number of cycles. The results indicate that the power loss in POF specimens increases with increasing load level or number of cycles. The power loss can reach as high as 18.3% after 100 cyclic loadings. Based on the experimental results, a linear equation is proposed to estimate the relationship between the power loss and the number of cycles. The difference between the estimated results and the experimental results is found to be less than 3%. Keywords: plastic optical fiber; cyclic tensile loading; displacement sensor 1.