Title : 
Transverse-load sensor based on a distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser
         
        
            Author : 
Shao, Li-Yang ; Dong, Xinyong ; Tam, Hwa-Yaw
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We demonstrate a dual-polarization distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) fiber laser sensor for the measurement of transverse-load. Experimental results show that the beat frequency of the laser output has an orientation-dependent load sensitivity of up to 4.07 MHz/Nm-1.
         
        
            Keywords : 
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser; transverse-load sensor; Bragg gratings; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Radio frequency; Ring lasers; Temperature sensors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007 Asia
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Shanghai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-0-9789217-2-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-0-9789217-2-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/AOE.2007.4410729