Title :
Novel fiber optical inclinometer based on a concatenated fused taper and tilted fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Shao, Li-Yang ; Albert, Jacques
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A fiber optical inclinometer based on cladding mode re-coupling mechanism is demonstrated by using a nonadiabatic taper cascaded with a weakly tilted fiber Bragg grating. The sensitivity is optimized for different ranges of angle.
Keywords :
Concatenated codes; Optical coupling; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Power measurement; Rotation measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
