Temperature-independent fiber bending sensor based on a superimposed grating

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3019-3022

  Dong, Xinyong ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Shao, Li Yang ^a,b   Kang, Juan ^a   Zhao, Chun Liu ^a  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bending measurement; fiber optic sensor; superimposed grating; tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CHANGE; BENDING MEASUREMENT; BRAGG REFLECTION; CLADDING MODES; COMPACT FIBERS; FIBER BENDING; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); FIBER LINKS; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; SUPERIMPOSED GRATINGS; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SOURCES; SENSORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 80055031315     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2157124     Document Type: Article

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