Title :
Specialty fiber gratings for sensing GAST (Gamma dose, axial strain and temperature)
Author :
Kher, Sanjay ; Chaubey, Saurabh ; Kishore, Jai ; Oak, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Fiber Opt. Lab., RRCAT, Indore, India
Abstract :
Multi-parameter sensing specialty fiber gratings are of crucial importance for nuclear industry due to their unique properties such as high radiation dose sensitivity, viability of operation up-to 1 MGy dose. We report on our unique in-situ dose measurements of Turnaround-point LPGs and their applications for strain and temperature measurements.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; gamma-ray detection; strain measurement; strain sensors; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; GAST sensing; axial strain sensing; gamma dose sensing; in-situ dose measurements; long period fiber gratings; multiparameter sensing; radiation dose sensitivity; specialty fiber gratings; strain measurements; temperature measurements; temperature sensing; viability;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1