A novel long period fiber grating sensor measuring curvature and determining bend-direction simultaneously
- 6 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Sensors Journal
- Vol. 5 (5), 839-843
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2005.844335
Abstract
A novel long period fiber-grating (LPFG) sensor that can not only measure curvature directly, but also determine every bend-direction within the circular range of 0/spl deg/-360/spl deg/, is proposed and demonstrated in this paper. Such a bend-sensor consists of one LPFG induced by a UV laser and two LPFGs induced by high-frequency CO/sub 2/ laser pulses. The curvature is measured by the UV laser-induced LPFG whose bend-sensitivity is independent of the bend-directions, and the bend-direction is determined by the CO/sub 2/ laser-induced LPFGs whose bend-sensitivities depend strongly on the curved directions. In addition, the unique bend-characteristics of LPFGs induced by high-frequency CO/sub 2/ laser pulses are demonstrated.Keywords
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