• DocumentCode
    2118499
  • Title

    Resonant THz sensor for paper quality monitoring using THz fiber Bragg gratings

  • Author

    Guofeng Yan ; Chinifooroshan, Y. ; Tripathi, Saurabh M. ; Bock, Wojtek J. ; Skorobogatiy, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Genie Phys., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    491
  • Lastpage
    492
  • Abstract
    THz Bragg gratings were fabricated by using CO2 laser inscription. The simulated and experimental results demonstrate potential of such gratings in paper thickness monitoring, with experimental spectral sensitivities of ~ -0.67 GHz / 10 μm.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; laser materials processing; microwave photonics; optical fibre fabrication; paper; terahertz wave detectors; CO2; CO2 laser inscription; THz fiber Bragg gratings; paper quality monitoring; paper thickness monitoring; resonant THz sensor; spectral sensitivities; Bragg gratings; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser theory; Monitoring; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656651
  • Filename
    6656651