Free space optical coupling to embedded fiber bragg grating sensors through panel surfaces

24th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2009 and 1st Joint Canadian-American Technical Conference on Composites

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 2458-2465

  Qiu, L ^a   Teitelbaum, M E ^a   Goossen, K W ^a   Heider, D ^b   O'Brien, D J ^c   Wetzel, E D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded optical fiber; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Fiber optical sensors; Free space coupling; Smart structures; Structural monitoring

Indexed keywords

45-DEGREE MIRROR; COUPLING METHODS; EMBEDDED FBG; EMBEDDED FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; FBG SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; FIBER-OPTICAL SENSORS; FREE SPACE COUPLING; FREE SPACES; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL; INPUT COUPLING; INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT; OPTICAL INTERROGATION; PANEL SURFACES; PASSIVE COUPLING; SENSOR APPLICATIONS; SINGLE MODE; STRAIN TESTS; STRUCTURAL MONITORING;

ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84867847924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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