Temperature and strain sensing with femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings in defect and nondefect suspended-silica-core fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 554-556

  Fernandes, Lus André ^a   Becker, Martin ^b   Frazão, Orlando ^a   Schuster, Kay ^b   Kobelke, Jens ^b   Rothhardt, Manfred ^b   Bartelt, Hartmut ^b   Santos, José Luís ^a   Marques, Paulo V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); strain sensitivity; suspended core optical fibers temperature and strain measurement; temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND LASER EXPOSURE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBG); PURE SILICA; SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL BEHAVIORS; STRAIN SENSING; STRAIN SENSITIVITY; SUSPENDED CORE OPTICAL FIBERS TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL COEFFICIENTS;

DEFECTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; SILICA; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84858635548     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2183344     Document Type: Article

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