Femtosecond laser-inscribed fiber Bragg gratings for strain monitoring in power cables of offshore wind turbines

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1868-1872

  Burgmeier, Jörg ^a   Schippers, Wolfgang ^a   Emde, Nico ^b   Funken, Peter ^b   Schade, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Draka Industrial Cable GmbH   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; CABLES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WIND TURBINES;

BRAGG GRATING STRUCTURE; EFFECTS OF STRAINS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; ONLINE MONITORING; SENSING TECHNIQUES; STRAIN MONITORING; TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS;

OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

EID: 79958778753     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001868     Document Type: Article

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