Performance analysis of FBG sensors system embedded in an optical communications system

Author

Bourdoucen, Hadj ; Al-Lawati, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat

fYear

2008

fDate

20-22 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A performance analysis of the effect of embedding an FBG sensor in an optical communications system is presented. The simulations considered focus on the effects on both the sensing and the communications systems. The effect of power levels of the interrogating optical source on the performance of the two systems is also investigated under different excitation levels. The results obtained show a good tolerance in terms of quality of transmission for the two systems.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; intelligent sensors; optical fibre networks; FBG sensor; excitation levels; interrogating optical source; optical communications system; power levels; transmission quality; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Performance analysis; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Wavelength division multiplexing; FBG; FBG sensing; WDM; communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Signals and Devices, 2008. IEEE SSD 2008. 5th International Multi-Conference on

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2205-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2206-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSD.2008.4632790

Filename

4632790