RIS ID
13258
Abstract
In this study, we propose a simplified signal processing scheme for fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based wear sensing. Instead of using a chirped FBG and detecting the bandwidth, we use uniform gratings as sensors and measure the optical power reflected by the sensing grating to determine the length of the sensor grating, hence detect the wear. We demonstrate by the experiments that the proposed method is feasible and practical. The advantage of the proposed method lies in the fact that structure of the wear sensing system is simplified and therefore the cost can be significantly reduced. The principle of the proposed method, the design of the wear sensor, and the experiments are described.
Publication Details
This paper originally appeared as: Li, E, Xi, J & Chicharo, J, Optical signal processing for fiber Bragg grating based wear sensors, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, 28-31 August 2005, vol 2, 867-870. Copyright IEEE 2005.