Fiber Bragg grating Sensor interrogation using chirped fiber grating-based sagnac loop

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 734-738

  Zhao, Donghui ^a   Shu, Xuewen ^b   Lai, Yicheng ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Bennion, Ian ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Indigo Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber grating; Sagnac loop; Sensor interrogation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; FADING (RADIO); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CIRCULATORS; OPTICAL COUPLERS; SAGNAC LOOP; SENSOR INTERROGATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 3042702993     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.820348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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