Title :
Effect of bending methods on FBG lateral force sensor
Author :
Takahashi, S. ; Hao, J.Z. ; Lee, Y.W.A. ; Cai, Z. ; Do, T.T. ; Ng, B.Y.R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A report is presented on the effect of bending on the sidelobe power of the reflection spectrum in fibre Bragg grating (FBG) lateral force sensors. Under four-point bending, force detection improves drastically up to 250 N.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; bending; fibre optic sensors; force sensors; bending method; fibre Bragg grating; force detection; four-point bending; lateral force sensor; reflection spectrum;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20052925
