Identical broadband chirped grating interrogation technique for temperature and strain sensing

被引:48
作者
Fallon, RW
Zhang, L
Gloag, A
Bennion, I
机构
[1] Dept. Electron. Eng. and Appl. Phys., Aston University, Birmingham
关键词
optical communications; fibre optic sensors;
D O I
10.1049/el:19970486
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors propose a simple, low-cost technique for the interrogation of fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. The induced mismatch between two identical broadband fibre chirped gratings is used to provide a mechanism for measuring changes in strain/temperature associated with one grating. A linear relationship with detected optical power is seen, with a 10nm chirp rate facilitating sensing ranges up to 9000 mu E and 750 degrees C for strain and temperature change, respectively.
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页码:705 / 707
页数:3
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