Highly sensitive bend sensor based on bragg grating in eccentric core polymer fiber
Journal
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Date Issued
June 2010
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2010.2046482
Abstract
We report on an optical bend sensor based on a Bragg grating inscribed in an eccentric core polymer optical fiber. The device exhibits the strong fiber orientation dependence, the wide bend curvature range of ±22.7 m -1 and high bend sensitivity of 63 pm/m -1.