in this study, we have theoretically investigated designing possibility of a seismometer using fiber bragg grating (fbg) and metal bellows pairs attached on a mechanical system. this new seismometer can record earthquakes according to sensitivity of fiber optic to changes in physical parameters such as stress and strain. firstly, in order to understand the quantity and quality of sensor perform...

Bragg grating in a single-mode photosensitive polymer optical fiber (POF) with benzil dimethyl ketal (BDK)-doped in core has been inscribed through the Sagnac ring interference method. The Bragg wavelength of grating is about 1570nm. The stress and strain response of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) has been studied respectively. By fitting the experimental result, the strain sensitivity of FBG in POF...

we solve the coupled mode equations governing the chalcogenide nonlinear fiber bragg gratings (fbgs) numerically, and obtain the bistability characteristics. the characteristics of the chalcogenide nonlinear fbgs such as: switching threshold intensity, bistability interval, on-off switching ratio are studied. the effects of fbg length and its third order nonlinear refractive index on fbg charac...

In this study, a new numerical method is introduced to obtain the exact shape of output pulse in the chalcogenide fiber Bragg grating (FBG). A Gaussian pulse shape with 173 ps width is used as an input pulse for lunching to a 6.6 mm nonlinear FBG. Because of bistable and hysteresis nature of nonlinear FBG the time sequence of each portion of pulse is affected the shape of output pulse. So we di...

Because of the flaws of fiber Bragg grating, needs to set up protective layer between the structure and fiber layer to protect the fiber grating. Firstly the strain transferring rules of the FBG sensors is analyzed, carefully analyze the main factors influencing the fiber Bragg grating strain sensor transfer, and analyze concretely effect of each factor, the fiber Bragg grating sensors embedded...

The only effective method of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain modulation has been by changing the distance between its two fixed ends. We demonstrate an alternative that is more sensitive to force based on the nonlinear amplification relationship between a transverse force applied to a stretched string and its induced axial force. It may improve the sensitivity and size of an FBG force sensor, ...

This study presents the modelling, simulation, and characterization of the Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) on maximum reflectivity, bandwidth, the effect of applied strain to the wavelength shift, ŽB and sensitivity of the wavelength shift with strain for optical sensing system. In this study, a commercial FBG with the center wavelength of 1550nm is used in order to measure the spectral response of F...

An optical fiber current sensor based on Fabry-Perot interferometer using a fiber Bragg grating demodulation is proposed. Magnetic fluid is used as a sensitive medium in fiber optical Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity for the optical characteristic of magnetic-controlled refractive index. A Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is connected after the F-P interferometer which is used to reflect the optical power at ...

This paper deals with mathematical modeling, design and application of Fiber Bragg Grating as temperature sensor .In this paper we used the MATLAB and filter characteristics simulation software as a tool for simulation results. The fabrication of Fiber Bragg Grating, their characteristics and fundamental properties are described. The reflectivity of FBG is described using simulation results. Th...

Fiber Bragg grating sensors (FBGs) have gained rapid acceptance in aerospace and automotive structural health monitoring applications for the measurement of strain, stress, vibration, acoustics, acceleration, pressure, temperature, moisture, and corrosion distributed at multiple locations within the structure using a single fiber element. The most prominent advantages of FBGs are: small size an...