The invention relates to a recoverable
optical fiber micro-bending sensing device which comprises a vertical rod, an elastic steel sheet, an upper toothed plate, a lower toothed plate, an elastic
cushioning material, a micro-bending sensing
optical fiber and a crossbeam. The lower toothed plate is fixed to the crossbeam, the upper toothed plate is fixed to the vertical rod through the elastic steel sheet, and the upper toothed plate and the lower toothed plate are staggered by the distance of a half
tooth position. The micro-bending sensing
optical fiber is wrapped with the layer of elastic
cushioning material and sandwiched between the upper toothed plate and the lower toothed plate. When external force acts on the vertical rod to enable the vertical rod to be bent, the vertical rod drives the upper toothed plate to downwards move through the elastic steel sheet, thus the distance between the upper toothed plate and the lower toothed plate 4 is decreased, and the micro-bending sensingoptical
fiber sandwiched between the upper toothed plate and the lower toothed plate generates the bending loss accordingly. By detecting the change of
optical power transmitted in the micro-bendingsensing optical
fiber, the external force applied to the vertical rod can be detected. When the external force is removed, the elastic steel sheet drives the upper toothed plate to recover to the
normal position, and the micro-bending sensing optical
fiber recovers to the original state under the effect of the elastic
cushioning material.