Experimental study and analysis of a polymer fiber bragg grating embedded in a composite material

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1726-1733

  Rajan, Ginu ^a   Ramakrishnan, Manjusha ^b   Semenova, Yuliya ^b   Ambikairajah, Eliathamby ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^b   Peng, Gang Ding ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Composite materials; polymer fiber Bragg gratings

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; SILICA; THERMAL EXPANSION;

COMPARISON STUDY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; POLYMER FIBER; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; SPECTRAL BROADENING; THERMAL EXPANSION EFFECT; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

POLYMERS;

COMPOSITES; FIBER OPTICS; POLYMERS; SILICA; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 84898043984     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2311441     Document Type: Article

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