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Fiber Bragg gratings : theory, fabrication, and applications /

This Tutorial Text delivers essential information concerning fiber Bragg gratings to professionals and researchers with an approach based on rules of thumb and practical aspects, enabling quick access to the main principles and techniques, and allowing readers to set up their own laboratory or appli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Werneck, Marcelo Martins, 1949- (Author), Allil, Regina Célia da Silva Barros (Author), Nazaré, Fábio Vieira Batista de (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Washington : SPIE Press, [2017]
Series:Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 114.
Subjects:
Optical fibers.
Bragg gratings.
Optical fiber detectors.
Table of Contents:
  • A history of FBG device development
  • Fiber Bragg grating theory and models
  • How to set up a fiber Bragg grating laboratory
  • Inscribing fiber Bragg gratings in optical fibers
  • Calibrating fiber Bragg gratings for temperature and strain
  • Encapsulation and bonding
  • Compensation of induced thermal effects
  • Structural health monitoring with fiber Bragg gratings
  • Temperature measurements
  • Measurement of the coefficient of thermal expansion of materials / Leandro Alves Garção and Marceli Nunes Gonçalves
  • Measuring strain and displacement
  • Voltage measurement / Marceli Nunes Gonçalves
  • Interrogation techniques of fiber Bragg gratings
  • Current measurements
  • Gas measurements / Bruno Cerqueira Rente Ribeiro.