Practical spatial resolution limits of high-resolution fibre Bragg grating sensors using layer peeling

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1661-1666

  Espejo, R Joseph ^a   Dyer, Shellee D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg gratings; Fibre optic sensors; Layer peeling; Optical frequency domain interferometry; Temperature sensors; Transverse strain sensors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

LAYER PEELING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY-DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; TRANSVERSE STRAIN SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 34247124205     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/5/059     Document Type: Article

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