A novel long period fiber grating sensor measuring curvature and determining bend-direction simultaneously

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 839-843

  Wang, Yi Ping ^a,b,d   Rao, Yun Jiang ^c,d,e,f  

^a IEEE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bend direction; Bend sensor; Curvature; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Long period fiber grating (LPFG); Optical fiber sensor

Indexed keywords

BEND-DIRECTION; BEND-SENSORS; CURVATURE; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING (LPFG); OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 27744606466     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.844335     Document Type: Article

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