Non-uniform strain measurement along a f iber Bragg grating using optical frequency domain reflectometry

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-10-20
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Anovelmethodofmeasuringnon-uniformstrainalongafiberBragggrating(FBG)usingopticalfrequencydomainreflectometry(OFDR)isproposedandexperimentallydemonstrated.Thismethodcanovercometheproblemsoftraditionalnon-uniformstrainmeasurementmethodsforFBGs,i.e.,thelikelihoodofchirpingandmultiplepeakinginthespectrumwhenFBGissubjectedtoinhomogeneousstrainfields.WavelengthinterrogationisrealizedbyOFDRwithanarrow-line-widthtunablelaserastheopticalsource.Whennon-uniformstraindistributionsalongareasadjacenttostructuraldamagearemeasuredbythismethod,goodagreementisobtainedbetweenmeasurementsandtheoreticalsimulationresults.