Title :
Distributed fibre-optic loss sensor with chirped Bragg grating based on transmission-reflection analysis
Author :
Spirin, V.V. ; Swart, P.L. ; Chtcherbakov, A.A. ; Miridonov, S.V. ; Shlyagin, M.G.
Author_Institution :
Div. de Fisica Aplicada, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico
fDate :
6/12/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel distributed fibre-optic loss sensor with chirped Bragg grating based on the analysis of transmitted and reflected powers is presented. The localisation of loss region with error equal to ±2 mm along the 10 cm chirped grating for 0.7 dB induced loss is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre losses; 0.7 dB; 10 cm; chirped Bragg grating; distributed fibre-optic loss sensor; induced loss; localisation; loss region; reflected powers; transmission-reflection analysis; transmitted powers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030567
