Title :
Polymer optical fiber Bragg grating sensors: Measuring acceleration
Author :
Stefani, A. ; Wu Yuan ; Andresen, S. ; Bang, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonic Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Fiber-optical accelerometers based on polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings are reported. We have written fiber Bragg gratings for 1550 nm and 850 nm operations, characterized their temperature and strain response, and tested their performance in a prototype accelerometer.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; accelerometers; fibre optic sensors; optical polymers; fiber-optical accelerometers; polymer optical fiber Bragg grating sensors; prototype accelerometer; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 850 nm; Accelerometers; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Sensitivity; Polymer optical fiber; accelerometer; fiber Bragg grating; fiber sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929947