Tailoring the temperature and strain coefficients of Type I and Type IA dual grating sensors: the impact of hydrogenation conditions

K. Kalli*, A.G. Simpson, K. Zhou, L. Zhang, I. Bennion

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Abstract

We report experimental findings for tailoring the temperature and strain coefficients of Type I and Type IA fibre Bragg gratings by influencing the photosensitivity presensitization of the host optical fibre. It is shown that by controlling the level of hydrogen saturation, via hot and cold hydrogenation, it is possible to produce gratings with lower thermal coefficients. Furthermore, there is a larger difference between the Type I and Type IA thermal coefficients and a significant improvement in the matrix condition number, which impacts the ability to recover accurate temperature and strain data using the Type 1-1A dual grating sensor. © 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)949-954
Number of pages6
JournalMeasurement Science and Technology
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Apr 2006

Keywords

  • fibre Bragg gratings
  • optical fibre sensors
  • photosensitivity
  • temperature and strain sensors
  • type IA grating

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