Abstract:
A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor system based on a semiconductor optical amplifier connected in a ring cavity configuration is proposed. The proposed configuration prod...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor system based on a semiconductor optical amplifier connected in a ring cavity configuration is proposed. The proposed configuration produces high power signal with good extinction ratio for FBGs with /spl sim/1% reflectivity. A sensor system consists of four group of three FBGs of different wavelengths was constructed to demonstrate time- and wavelength-division multiplexing of FBG sensors.
Published in: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ( Volume: 17, Issue: 12, December 2005)