A novel time-division multiplexing fiber Bragg grating sensor interrogator for structural health monitoring

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1028-1033

  Dai, Yongbo ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Leng, Jinsong ^a   Deng, Gang ^a   Asundi, Anand ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating sensor; Structural health monitoring; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CENTER WAVELENGTH; FBG SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; GAIN MEDIUM; ON TIME; REFLECTED PULSE; RING CAVITIES; SEMI-CONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SENSOR TECHNIQUES; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; WIDE MEASUREMENT;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HEALTH; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MONITORING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSE GENERATORS; SENSORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 68549139889     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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