Highly sensitive bend sensor based on bragg grating in eccentric core polymer fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 850-852

  Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Kalli, Kyriacos ^b   Peng, Gang Ding ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bend sensor; Bragg grating; Polymer optical fiber (POF)

Indexed keywords

BEND SENSOR; BEND SENSORS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; OPTICAL BEND; POLYMER FIBER; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; STRONG FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SENSORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 77952592984     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2046482     Document Type: Article

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