Experimental demonstration of a fiber Bragg grating accelerometer

Journal Article · Sat Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1996 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.544716· OSTI ID:445412

Berkoff, T A ^[1]; Kersey, A D ^[2]

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1. SFA Inc., Landover, MD (United States)
2. Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States). Optical Sciences Div.

The authors report a fiber Bragg grating transducer for the measurement of acceleration. Results obtained using interferometric wavelength-shift detection demonstrate a demodulated signal output range of 50-g rms with a minimum detectable signal of {approximately}1 mg/{radical}Hz.

• OSTI ID: 445412
• Journal Information: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Journal Name: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 8; ISSN 1041-1135; ISSN IPTLEL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
ACCELEROMETERS
BRAGG REFLECTION
DESIGN
DIFFRACTION GRATINGS
INTERFEROMETRY
PERFORMANCE
TRANSDUCERS