• DocumentCode
    898274
  • Title

    Long period fibre grating torsion sensor measuring twist rate and determining twist direction simultaneously

  • Author

    Wang, Y.P. ; Rao, Y.J.

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. on Local Fiber-Opt. Commun. Networks & Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    164
  • Lastpage
    166
  • Abstract
    A fibre-optic torsion sensor based on a long-period fiber grating written by high-frequency CO2 laser pulses is proposed and has been demonstrated. Such a torsion sensor cannot only measure the applied twist rate directly, but also determine the twist direction simultaneously.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; gas lasers; fibre optic torsion sensor; high frequency CO2 laser; long period fiber grating; twist direction determination; twist rate measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040117
  • Filename
    1267517