• DocumentCode
    1323569
  • Title

    Strain and Temperature Discrimination Using Modal Interferometry in Bragg Fibers

  • Author

    Frazão, Orlando ; Amaral, Luís M N ; Baptista, José M. ; Roy, Philippe ; Jamier, Raphael ; Février, Sébastien

  • Author_Institution
    INESC Porto-Inst. de Eng. de Sist. e Comput. do Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1616
  • Lastpage
    1618
  • Abstract
    The strain and temperature sensing characteristics of a modal interferometer based on two Bragg fibers have been investigated. The special nature of this sensor is that the two Bragg fibers used present a different external cladding shape. It appears that the sensitivity to the sensing parameters are different for the two Bragg fibers, which makes it possible to fabricate several sensing configurations based on the combination of these two Bragg fibers for strain and temperature discrimination.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; light interferometry; optical fibre cladding; strain sensors; temperature sensors; Bragg fibers; external cladding shape; modal interferometry; strain sensing; temperature sensing; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Strain; Temperature measurement; Bragg fiber; interferometer; modal interferometry; strain and temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2076357
  • Filename
    5570901