Chirped fibre Bragg grating optical wear sensor

A.M. Gillooly, K.E. Chisholm, L. Zhang, I. Bennion

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Abstract

A novel sensor is demonstrated to allow a real-time measurement of the physical wear applied to the surface of an object. Two different measurement methods are presented, both utilizing the reflected power from a sacrificial chirped fibre Bragg grating to give the wear measurement. The measurement systems are simple to implement with the possibility of low cost designs depending on the application. The sensor can measure wear with a resolution of 120 μm. © 2004 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)885-888
Number of pages4
JournalMeasurement Science and Technology
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2004

Keywords

  • Bragg grating
  • chirp
  • condition monitoring
  • degradation
  • environmental monitoring
  • erosion
  • fabrication
  • fibre
  • laser
  • phase mask
  • surface condition
  • UV
  • wear
  • wear measurement

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