• DocumentCode
    2751737
  • Title

    Normal free space coupling of reflection-based fiber Bragg grating sensors embedded in composite materials

  • Author

    Qiu, Liang ; Goossen, Keith W. ; Heider, Dirk ; Brien, Daniel J O ; Wetzel, Eric D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    721
  • Lastpage
    722
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates non-contact, surface normal interrogation of reflection-based fiber Bragg grating sensors embedded in composite materials. The approach is based on a novel polishing technique integrating high quality mirrors onto the optical fiber.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; composite materials; fibre optic sensors; mirrors; optical fibre fabrication; polishing; composite materials; high quality mirror; noncontact interrogation; normal free space coupling; polishing technique; reflection based fiber Bragg grating sensor; surface normal interrogation; Fiber gratings; Lapping; Optical fiber sensors; Reflection; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110753
  • Filename
    6110753