Fiber Bragg gratings as transient thermal gradient sensors

We experimentally subject a fiber Bragg grating to an unknown, variable temperature gradient. We use the full-spectral response of the grating to determine the magnitude of the gradient over the length of the grating via the full width at quarter maximum bandwidth. The experimental bandwidth and spe...

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Published inOptical engineering Vol. 55; no. 11; p. 114102
Main Authors Hackney, Drew A, Peters, Kara J, Black, Richard J, Costa, Joannes M, Moslehi, Behzad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 01.11.2016
Subjects
temperature gradient
transfer matrix method
fiber Bragg grating
full spectrum
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ISSN0091-3286
1560-2303
DOI10.1117/1.OE.55.11.114102

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Summary:We experimentally subject a fiber Bragg grating to an unknown, variable temperature gradient. We use the full-spectral response of the grating to determine the magnitude of the gradient over the length of the grating via the full width at quarter maximum bandwidth. The experimental bandwidth and spectrum deformation were compared with a numerical model consisting of an analytical heat transfer model, a finite element analysis model, and the transfer matrix (T-matrix) method. The numerical model showed excellent agreement with the experimental results when the T-matrix method was modified to include the slope of the gradient in addition to the magnitude of the gradient.
ISSN:0091-3286
1560-2303
DOI:10.1117/1.OE.55.11.114102