Athermal fibre Bragg grating strain gauge with metal coating in measurement of thermal expansion coefficient

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Lo, Yu Lung ^a   Lin, Yong Chang ^a   Chen, Yung Mien ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athermal strain gauge; Fibre bragg grating; Temperature compensations

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESONANCE; SENSORS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ATHERMAL STRAIN GAUGES; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATIONS; THERMAL STRAIN VIBRATIONS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 9644272586     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(04)00419-4     Document Type: Article

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