Title :
Strain-independent temperature measurements using a standard and a Chirped fibre Bragg Grating
Author :
Nand, Anbhawa ; Kitcher, Daniel J. ; Wade, Scott A. ; Baxter, Greg W. ; Jones, Rhys ; Collins, Stephen F.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. & Microelectron., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
Chirped fibre Bragg gratings (CFBGs) fabricated in hydrogenated plain telecom fibre have a temperature coefficient approximately 20% higher than standard FBGs with identical strain coefficients. Thus a simple technique for strain-independent temperature measurement is proposed.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre fabrication; piezo-optical effects; temperature measurement; chirped fibre Bragg grating; hydrogenated plain telecom fibre; strain coefficients; strain-independent temperature measurements; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Measurement standards; Optical reflection; Strain measurement; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519247
