Characteristics of fiber bragg grating hydrophone

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-281

  Takahashf, Nobuaki ^a,b   Yoshimura, Kazuto ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a   Imamura, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acousto optics; Fiber bragg grating; Optical fiber sensor; Optical hydrophone; Underwater acoustic sensor; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) HYDROPHONES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HYDROPHONES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033752159     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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8. N.Takahashi, T.Saeki, K.Tetsumura, and S.Takahashi, "Pressure and temperature dependence of fiber Bragg grating for acoustic sensing," J. Marine Acoust. Soc. Jpn., vol.26, no.4, pp.231 238, Oct. 1999. Nobuaki Takahashi received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1975, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, in 1977 and 1981, respectively. After the graduation, he joined the research and development department of Amada Engineering and Service, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA, where he was involved in the development of a high-power YAG laser system, and is currently an Asso-ciate Professor of the National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan. His current research topics include the analysis of optical amplifier systems and the development of optical fiber sensors. Dr. Takahashi is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Optical Society of America and the Japan Society of Applied Physics. Kazuto Yoshimura was born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1972. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan, in 1995. After the Graduation of the Academy, he joined the Japan Air Self Defense Force as a tactical director for patriot operation center. He is currently a graduate student of the Na tional Defense Academy. His research topic ' is the development of fiber sensors with a fiber Bragg grating. Mr. Yoshimura is a mem-her of the Acoustical Society of Japan. Sumio Takahashi was born in Chiba, Japan, in 1938. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1967. Since 1967, he has been with the National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan, and is currently a Professor of the Department of Applied Physics. His fields of research are ultrasonic [transducers, acoustooptics, and optical fiber sensors. Dr. Takahashi is a member of the Acoustical Society of Japan, the Acoustical Society of America, and the Japan Society of Applied Physics. Kazuo Imamura received an M.S. degree in Electromagnetic Energy Engineering from the Osaka University in 1983. In 1983, he joined Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., and is currently a senior research engineer of Electrical & Communication Research Laboratory. He is engaged in the design and development of optical fibers, optical fiber cables, access network systems and components for optical networks. Mr. Imamura is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, the Laser Society of Japan and the Japan Society of Applied Physics.