• DocumentCode
    789720
  • Title

    Vector bending sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings inscribed by infrared femtosecond laser

  • Author

    Martinez, A. ; Lai, Y. ; Dubov, M. ; Khrushchev, I.Y. ; Bennion, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/14/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    472
  • Lastpage
    474
  • Abstract
    A direction-sensitive bend sensor in standard singlemode fibre is demonstrated for the first time based on an axially-offset fibre Bragg grating, directly written by an infrared femtosecond laser.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; Bragg grating fibre sensor fabrication; axially-offset fibre Bragg grating; direction-sensitive fibre grating sensors; infrared femtosecond laser inscribed fibre gratings; standard singlemode fibre; vector bending fibre Bragg grating sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20058278
  • Filename
    1425352