Interrogation of a fiber Bragg grating using a mechanically induced long-period fiber grating

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1592-1595

  Rego, Gaspar M ^b,c   Salgado, Henrique M ^a,c,d   Santos, José L ^c,d  

^a IEEE

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fiber gratings; Fiber sensors; Long period fiber gratings (LPFGs); Mechanical gratings

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WINDING;

FIBER GRATINGS; FIBER SENSORS; LONG-PERIOD FIBER GRATINGS (LPFG); MECHANICAL GRATINGS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33845605909     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.883850     Document Type: Article

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