Multiparameter sensor based on single high-order fiber bragg grating made with IR-femtosecond radiation in single-mode fibers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1223-1228

  Grobnic, Dan ^b   Mihailov, Stephen J ^a,b   Smelser, Christopher W ^b   Walker, Robert B ^b  

^a IEEE

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bragg grating; High order spectra; Multiparameter sensing; Sensor; Strain; Temperature; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; DETECTORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RESONANCE; SENSORS; STANDARDS;

BRAGG GRATING STRUCTURE; BRAGG RESONANCES; CUT OFF WAVELENGTHS; FEMTO SECONDS; FEMTOSECOND RADIATION; HIGH ORDER; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; IR LASERS; MONITOR (CO); MULTI PARAMETERS; NARROW BANDS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PHASE MASKS; SINGLE-MODE FIBERS (SMF); STRAIN COEFFICIENTS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 47849129719     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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