Title :
Implementation of integration of differences method for extraction of temperature profiles along chirped fibre Bragg gratings
Author :
Kitcher, Daniel J. ; Nand, Anbhawa ; Wade, Scott A. ; Jones, Rhys ; Baxter, Greg W. ; Collins, Stephen F.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. & Microelectron., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
An implementation of an algorithm to extract continuous temperature profiles from power reflectance spectra is described. Immunity to tilt error due to power level drift in asymmetric profiles is reported for the first time.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre testing; optical fibres; algorithm; chirped fibre Bragg gratings; power level drift; power reflectance spectra; temperature profiles; tilt error; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Chemical sensors; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber sensors; Reflectivity; Strain measurement; Temperature sensors;
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.2006.4519265
