Fiber Bragg grating sensors

Mark Volanthen; Harald Geiger; Keith J. Trundle; John P. Dakin

doi:10.1117/12.281245

24 September 1997 Fiber Bragg grating sensors

Mark Volanthen, Harald Geiger, Keith J. Trundle, John P. Dakin

Proceedings Volume 3099, Micro-optical Technologies for Measurement, Sensors, and Microsystems II and Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies and Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281245
Event: Lasers and Optics in Manufacturing III, 1997, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Three different fiber sensor systems using gratings are presented. Firstly, using an acousto-optic tunable filter and closed loop feedback, arrays of fiber Bragg gratings are being used to monitor small-scale perturbations in composite materials by mapping the strain field around a defect. Gratings are also used as distributed sensors by measuring the wavelength as a function of distance. Low-coherence interferometry selects the location under interrogation and a tunable filter measures the local wavelength. An open loop interrogation technique using a commercially available optical coherence domain reflectometer is demonstrated. The reflectivity of the sensor grating is measured as a function of both distance and wavelength. Gratings 40 cm long are interrogated and several distributed grating sensors are multiplexed in an array. Thirdly, a new sensing concept using subcarrier fiber gratings (SFGs) has been proposed and modelled. The SFG is a periodic reflective array resonant at RF frequencies. The resonance may be measured using subcarrier interferometry. Modelling has demonstrated the SFG to have superior performance over other subcarrier sensors.

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Mark Volanthen, Harald Geiger, Keith J. Trundle, and John P. Dakin "Fiber Bragg grating sensors", Proc. SPIE 3099, Micro-optical Technologies for Measurement, Sensors, and Microsystems II and Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies and Applications, (24 September 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281245

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