• DocumentCode
    745505
  • Title

    High-resolution fibre-grating based strain sensor with interferometric wavelength-shift detection

  • Author

    Kersey, A.D. ; Berkoff, T.A. ; Morey, W.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Labs., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    236
  • Lastpage
    238
  • Abstract
    A technique for the detection of dynamic strain induced wavelength shifts in fibre Bragg grating sensors is reported that is based on an unbalanced-interferometer wavelength discriminator, which is capable of subnanostrain resolution (0.6 n in / square root (Hz) at 500 Hz) sensing.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; strain measurement; Bragg grating sensors; dynamic strain induced wavelength shifts; fibre-grating based strain sensor; interferometric wavelength-shift detection; subnanostrain resolution; unbalanced-interferometer wavelength discriminator;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920146
  • Filename
    121397