Wavelength interrogator based on closed-loop piezo-electrically scanned space-to-wavelength mapping of an arrayed waveguide grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2654-2659

  Guo, Honglei ^a   Xiao, Gaozhi ^b   Mrad, Nezih ^c   Albert, Jacques ^d   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); fiber Bragg grating (FBG); tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG); wavelength

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE POSITION; BEAM POSITIONS; CLOSED-LOOP; FBG SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR; INPUT COUPLER; INPUT LIGHT; INTERROGATION SYSTEM; LIGHT WEIGHT; MULTICHANNEL MEASUREMENT; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POSITION FEEDBACK; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; TRANSMISSION WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH INTERROGATOR; WAVELENGTH MAPPING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; PIEZOELECTRIC MOTORS; SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 77956119517     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2056914     Document Type: Article

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