Centrifuge application of fibre Bragg gratings: pile axial loads and wall bending moments

Regenerated Fibre Bragg Gratings

5 Fibre Bragg Gratings

Fibre Bragg Gratings for Temporal Spectral Astronomy

Temporal spectral astronomy or time resolved astronomy is the study of astrophysical phenomena that show spectral variability on very short timescales. These timescales are often too short to be resolved by current astronomical equipment. The lack of detailed observations in this area keeps important theoretical descriptions of astronomical events unclear or incomplete. To resolve this, instrum...

Optical Fibre Bragg Gratings for Acoustic Sensors

In this paper, we give a short review of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors for the detection of acoustic signals, in particular ultrasound. The primary advantage of FBGs as sensing elements is their spectral encoding of the measurand, which can be either strain or temperature. However, spectral decoding methods cannot be utilized to detect high frequency signals due to their inherent low speed....

Etched Polymer Fibre Bragg Gratings and Their Biomedical Sensing Applications

Bragg gratings in etched polymer fibres and their unique properties and characteristics are discussed in this paper. Due to the change in material and mechanical properties of the polymer fibre through etching, Bragg gratings inscribed in such fibres show high reflectivity and enhanced intrinsic sensitivity towards strain, temperature, and pressure. The short-term and long-term stability of the...