High-sensitivity fiber Bragg grating transverse force sensor based on centroid measurement of polarization-dependent loss

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Yiping ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Huang, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Height of centroid; Polarization dependent loss; Transverse force

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); HIGH-SENSITIVITY; INTERNAL STRAINS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; REASONABILITY; STRESS INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; TELECOM; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL; TRANSVERSE FORCE; TRANSVERSE-FORCE SENSORS;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 77952397745     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/6/065304     Document Type: Article

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