Title :
Vector bending sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings inscribed by infrared femtosecond laser
Author :
Martinez, A. ; Lai, Y. ; Dubov, M. ; Khrushchev, I.Y. ; Bennion, I.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
fDate :
4/14/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A direction-sensitive bend sensor in standard singlemode fibre is demonstrated for the first time based on an axially-offset fibre Bragg grating, directly written by an infrared femtosecond laser.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; Bragg grating fibre sensor fabrication; axially-offset fibre Bragg grating; direction-sensitive fibre grating sensors; infrared femtosecond laser inscribed fibre gratings; standard singlemode fibre; vector bending fibre Bragg grating sensors;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20058278
