Optimal wavelength pair selection and accuracy analysis of dual fiber grating sensors for simultaneously measuring strain and temperature

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2456-2463

  Sivanesan, Ponniah ^a   Sirkis, James S ^a   Murata, Yorinobu ^a   Buckley, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg grating; Condition number; Dual wavelengths; Sensor; Strain; Temperature; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DUAL FIBER GRATING SENSOR; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL STRAIN;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0036812179     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1505638     Document Type: Article

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