Structure optimization of air-hole fibers for high-sensitivity fiber Bragg grating pressure sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7004, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jewart, Charles ^a   Di, Xu ^a   Chen, Kevin P ^a   Canning, John ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fiber Bragg grating; Microstructured fiber; Pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

(T ,S)-SPLITTING; AIR HOLES; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; FIBER CORES; FIBER SENSORS; FIBER STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); HOLE FIBERS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; PRESSURE RESPONSES; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BRAGG CELLS; BRAGG GRATINGS; DETECTORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 45549096236     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.785914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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