Abstract:An opticalfiber liquidlevel sensor which combines two structures, oppositetype and spiraltype is present. The sensor is based on two sideglowing optical fibers, one as a launching fiber and the other as a receiving fiber. When refractive index of external media varies with liquidlevel, light leakage of the launching fiber changes and then light intensity coupled into the receiving fiber will change. So the liquidlevel can be obtained by this change. Compared with a sensor using two sideglowing optical fibers directly, spiral structure introduction can increase relative variation and then improve its performance. The experimental results indicated feasibility and excellent repeatability of the sensor.