Bending sensing characteristics of long-period gratings UV-point-by-point induced in non-birefringent fibres

Rita Z. V. Costa; Gustavo R. C. Possetti; Rosane Falate; Fernando A. M. Saccon; Marcia Muller; José L. Fabris

doi:10.1117/12.834397

5 October 2009 Bending sensing characteristics of long-period gratings UV-point-by-point induced in non-birefringent fibres

Rita Z. V. Costa, Gustavo R. C. Possetti, Rosane Falate, Fernando A. M. Saccon, Marcia Muller, José L. Fabris

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Proceedings Volume 7503, 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 750342 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.834397
Event: 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2009, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

In this work is reported the bending sensing characteristics of a long-period grating produced point-by-point with a 266 nm Nd:YAG laser. Spectral changes of the transducer subjected to bends with curvatures from 0 to 3.13 m^-1 were investigated. The magnitude of the bend-induced wavelength shift is nonlinear and dependent on the rotation of the cylindrical fibre relative to the bending plane. For each constant bending applied to the grating, the fibre was rotated around its axis in angular steps of 15º, within the angular range from 0 to 180º. An artificial neural network model was applied for identifying the curvatures, resulting in a root-mean-square error of 0.028 m^-1.

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Rita Z. V. Costa, Gustavo R. C. Possetti, Rosane Falate, Fernando A. M. Saccon, Marcia Muller, and José L. Fabris "Bending sensing characteristics of long-period gratings UV-point-by-point induced in non-birefringent fibres", Proc. SPIE 7503, 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 750342 (5 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.834397

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