DocumentCode
1253201
Title
Transmission/reflection analysis for distributed optical fibre loss sensor interrogation
Author
Spirin, V.V. ; Shlyagin, M.C. ; Miridonov, S.V. ; Swart, P.L.
Author_Institution
Div. de Fisica Aplicada, CICESE, Mexico City, Mexico
Volume
38
Issue
3
fYear
2002
fDate
1/31/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
117
Lastpage
118
Abstract
A novel interrogation method for fibre optic loss sensors based on the analysis of transmitted and reflected powers of a continuous wave light source is presented. The position of the loss region is determined from unique dependencies between normalised powers for different locations of the disturbance along the fibre containing a number of Bragg gratings
Keywords
Bragg gratings; bending; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; light reflection; light transmission; optical fibre losses; Bragg gratings; TRA-based bending sensor; continuous wave light source; distributed optical fibre loss sensor interrogation; disturbance; loss region position; normalised powers; reflected powers; transmission/reflection analysis; transmitted powers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020096
Filename
984400
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