• DocumentCode
    1245417
  • Title

    Photo-elastic correction factor for fiber strain measurements in a cable under tensile load

  • Author

    Abe, K. ; Yoshida, K. ; Daneshvar, O. ; Carr, J.J.

  • Author_Institution
    i/FO Technol, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    109
  • Lastpage
    114
  • Abstract
    There has been a large variation among reported values for photo-elastic correction factor (K). The nonlinearity of group index versus strain plot was demonstrated to be the cause of the inconsistency. Based on this finding, it is concluded that the K value should be in the range of 1.26-1.30 when the fiber strain is less than 0.6% and 1.22-1.24 when the strain is in the range of 2-3% regardless of the fiber types and measurement wavelengths. As a practical example of strain measurements, a test result for an OPGW was described
  • Keywords
    optical cables; optical fibre testing; photoelasticity; refractive index; strain measurement; K value; cable; fiber strain; fiber strain measurements; group index; measurement wavelengths; nonlinearity; photo-elastic correction factor; strain; strain measurements; tensile load; Capacitive sensors; Delay effects; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Optical modulation; Samarium; Strain measurement; Stress measurement; Tensile strain; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/50.365194
  • Filename
    365194