• DocumentCode
    1646542
  • Title

    Nondestructive calibration of Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating sensors using a fiber-based ultrafast laser

  • Author

    Sandberg, Richard L. ; McCulloch, Quinn ; Dattelbaum, Andrew M. ; Staggs, Kyle W. ; Rodriguez, George

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Integrated Nanotechnol., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings (CFBG) sensors are powerful high-speed strain detectors for various applications like traffic monitoring or detonation measurement. Here we present a novel, non-destructive calibration for CFBGs using a femtosecond fiber laser.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; calibration; chirp modulation; detonation; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam applications; optical fibres; strain sensors; CFBG; chirped fiber Bragg grating sensors; detonation measurement; femtosecond fiber laser; fiber-based ultrafast laser; high-speed strain detectors; nondestructive calibration; traffic monitoring; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325395