Phase-Shifted Terahertz Fiber Bragg Grating for Strain Sensing with Large Dynamic Range

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1649-1652

  Hefferman, Gerald ^a,b   Chen, Zhen ^b   Yuan, Lei ^c   Wei, Tao ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

interferometry; optical fiber sensor; Terahertz Bragg grating

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFTERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

DEVICE PHYSICS; DYNAMIC RANGE; LIMITED DYNAMIC RANGES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSING; RESONANT PEAKS; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSING; STRAIN SENSING; TERA HERTZ;

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 84957809050     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2015.2433682     Document Type: Article

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