Two-axis bend measurement with Bragg gratings in multicore optical fiber.

نویسندگان

  • G M H Flockhart
  • W N MacPherson
  • J S Barton
  • J D C Jones
  • L Zhang
  • I Bennion
چکیده

We describe what is to our knowledge the first use of fiber Bragg gratings written into three separate cores of a multicore fiber for two-axis curvature measurement. The gratings act as independent, but isothermal, fiber strain gauges for which local curvature determines the difference in strain between cores, permitting temperature-independent bend measurement.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 28 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003