Torsion sensing characteristics of mechanically induced long-period holey fiber gratings

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1200-1205

  Ceballos Herrera, D E ^a   Torres Gomez, I ^a   Martinez Rios, A ^a   Garcia, Luis ^a   Sanchez Mondragon, J J ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Holey fiber; Long period fiber grating; Mechanically induced grating; Wisted fiber

Indexed keywords

CLADDING STRUCTURES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; MECHANICALLY INDUCED GRATING; PRESSURE APPLICATIONS; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL TRANSMISSION; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TWIST DIRECTION;

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLEY FIBERS; RESONANCE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

FIBERS;

EID: 77952720939     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2042951     Document Type: Article

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