Fiber-laser-based wavelength-division multiplexed fiber Bragg grating sensor system

Youlong Yu, L.F.K. Lui, Hwa‐Yaw Tam, W. H. Chung

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2001 · 85 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

A wavelength-division-multiplexing technique for interrogating 10-cascaded fiber Bragg grating sensing elements based on a ring-compounded-cavity fiber laser is reported. A feedback control technique was introduced to a tunable Fabry-Perot filter that tracks the wavelength-shift of the sensor. The sensors were demodulated using an unbalanced scanning Michelson interferometer and a sensitivity of 1.682/spl deg//μ/spl epsi/ has been demonstrated.

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