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Susana Novais is graduated in Biomedical Engineering from the Bragança Polytechnic Institute, Portugal. In 2019 she received the Ph.D. degree in Physical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, on optical fiber sensors for challenging media. In last 5 years, she has published about 21 papers in international journal, book chapters and conference proceedings. Her field expertise is optical fiber sensors applied to the lithium ion batteries, optical fiber designs and their applications in chemically challenging media. She is currently an Assistant Researcher at the Center for Applied Photonics (CAP) at INESC TEC and her current research interests are optical fiber sensors for medical applications.

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    Portugal
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    Applied Photonics
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    +351220402301
    susana.novais@inesctec.pt
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Publications

2023

Measurement of Paracetamol Concentration Using an Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Cavity

Authors
Soares, L; Perez Herrera, RA; Novais, S; Ferreira, A; Silva, S; Frazao, O;

Publication
PHOTONICS

Abstract
Process Analytical Technology (PAT) has been increasingly used in the pharmaceutical industry to monitor essential parameters in real-time during pharmaceutical processes. The concentration of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), such as paracetamol, is one of these parameters, and controlling its variations allows for optimization of the production process. In this study, a refractometric sensor, implemented by an interrogation system based on an Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Cavity (EDFRC), was presented and experimentally demonstrated. The Cavity Ring proposed included a 1 × 3 coupler. One port of the coupler was used to increase the optical power of the system through a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG), and the other two ports were used as sensing head and reference. The sensor detected variations of paracetamol concentration with a sensitivity of [(-1.00 ± 0.05) × 10-3] nW/(g/kg) and a resolution of 5.53 g/kg. The results demonstrate the potential of this technology as a possible non-invasive PAT tool.

2023

Erbium-doped fiber ring cavity for the measurement of refractive index variations

Authors
Pérez Herrera, RA; Soares, L; Novais, S; Frazão, O; Silva, S;

Publication
European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2023)

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2022

The effect of frequency modulation on the FSR of a Fabry-Perot cavity using an Optical Spectrum Analyser

Authors
Reis, J; V.Rodrigues, A; Robalinho, P; Novais, S; Maia, J; Marques, P; Roma, D; Salvans, J; Canal, M; Ramos, J; Gualani, V; Sisteré, S; Martín, V; Nofrarias, M; Silva, S; Frazão, O;

Publication
EPJ Web of Conferences

Abstract
It is presented a study of the dependence between the free spectral range (FSR) and the cavity length in Fabry-Perot interferometers. Furthermore, the effect of frequency modulation on the FSR is studied when an optical spectrum analyser (OSA) is used as an interrogator. For low frequency range it is possible to observe this behaviour in the OSA and using an appropriate processing signal it is possible to use the white light interferometry technique.

2021

Application of a Fiber Optic Refractometric Sensor to Measure the Concentration of Paracetamol in Crystallization Experiments

Authors
Soares, L; Cruz, P; Novais, S; Ferreira, A; Frazao, O; Silva, S;

Publication
IEEE INSTRUMENTATION & MEASUREMENT MAGAZINE

Abstract
A refractometric sensor was applied to measure in real-time the concentration of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in crystallization experiments. Paracetamol was used as a model system due to the extensive literature available for this API. The refractometric sensor was fabricated by a simple and inexpensive method that consisted in splicing a short section of a multimode fiber to a single mode fiber. The compact geometry of this sensor, with an external diameter of just $125\ \mu\mathrm{m}$, allowed it to measure the concentration of paracetamol, both in a stirred tank crystallizer operating in batch and in an oscillatory flow crystallizer operating continuously. The proposed technique shows the potential to monitor the concentration of APIs in crystallizers of different sizes and geometries as an alternative to more expensive and complex analysis equipment.

2021

Characterization of an hollow core PCF for endoscopy applications: A proof concept

Authors
Marques J.; Novais S.; Silva S.; Frazao O.;

Publication
2021 Telecoms Conference, ConfTELE 2021

Abstract
Two distinct optical fibers for endoscope-based configurations are demonstrated and studied in this work. The fibers used for the experiment consist of: a conventional singlemode fiber (SMF 28e) and a hollow core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) based on silica. Two studies that allowed the characterization of these fibers, according to their optical output power and when subjected to curvature, were carried out. The intensity power profile was also analysed in relation to the propagation distance, transversal displacement and incidence angle. After this study it can be concluded that the most suitable solution for the endoscope is the HC-PCF fiber working as a transmission probe. For the proof of concept of the fiber-based endoscope, a cleaved multimode fiber (MMF) tip was used as a reception probe and its reflection efficiency was also analysed.