A pressure sensor based upon the transverse loading of a sub-section of an optical fibre Bragg grating

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3103-3110

  Correia, Ricardo ^a   Chehura, Edmon ^a   James, Stephen W ^a   Tatam, Ralph P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating; Local phase shift; Local pressure; Pressure sensor; Spectral hole

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LOCAL PHASE SHIFT; LOCAL PRESSURE; SPECTRAL HOLE;

PRESSURE SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 36749078113     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S09     Document Type: Article

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