Adaptive dynamic FBG interrogation utilising erbium-doped fibre

R. N. John; I. Read; W. N. MacPherson

doi:10.1117/12.2009359

19 April 2013 Adaptive dynamic FBG interrogation utilising erbium-doped fibre

R. N. John, I. Read, W. N. MacPherson

Proceedings Volume 8692, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2013; 869220 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009359
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A dynamic fibre Bragg grating interrogation scheme is investigated using two-wave mixing in erbium-doped fibre, capable of adapting to quasistatic strain and temperature drifts. An interference pattern set up in the erbium-doped fibre creates, due to the photorefractive effect, a dynamic grating capable of wavelength demodulating the FBG signal. The presence of a dynamic grating was verified and then dynamic strain signals from a fibre stretcher were measured. The adaptive nature of the technique was successfully demonstrated by heating the FBG while it underwent dynamic straining leading to detection unlike an alternative arrayed waveguide grating system which simultaneously failed detection. Two gratings were then wavelength division multiplexed with the signal grating receiving approximately 30dB greater signal showing that there was little cross talk in the system.

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R. N. John, I. Read, and W. N. MacPherson "Adaptive dynamic FBG interrogation utilising erbium-doped fibre", Proc. SPIE 8692, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2013, 869220 (19 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009359

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