Transversal load sensing with fiber Bragg gratings in microstructured optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-8

  Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Luyckx, Geert ^b   Voet, Eli ^b   Nasilowski, Tomasz ^a   Chah, Karima ^a   Becker, Martin ^c   Bartelt, Hartmut ^c   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^d   Wojcik, Jan ^e   De Waele, Wim ^b   Degrieck, Joris ^b   Terryn, Herman ^a   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Microstructured fiber; Photonic crystal fiber; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; CARBON FIBERS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

A CARBONS; BRAGG PEAKS; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; ELEMENT MODELS; LINEAR DEPENDENCES; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; TRANSVERSAL LOADS; TRANSVERSE LINES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 58249089456     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2007915     Document Type: Article

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