Miniaturized optical fiber sensor interrogation system employing Echelle diffractive gratings demultiplexer for potential aerospace applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1202-1207

  Xiao, Gaozhi ^a   Mrad, Nezih ^b   Wu, Fang ^c   Zhang, Zhiyi ^a   Sun, Fengguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c WiZ High Tech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echelle diffractive gratings; Fiber Bragg gratings; Interrogators; Miniaturization; Optical fiber sensors

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMULTIPLEXING; DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SENSORS;

DATA ACQUISITION (DAQ) SYSTEMS; DEMULTIPLEXER; DIFFRACTIVE GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) SENSORS; INTERROGATION SYSTEM; LOW WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; SMALL SIZE;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 47849123961     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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