Fiber Bragg grating has embraced the area of fiber optics since the early days of its
discovery, and most fiber optic sensor systems today make use of fiber Bragg grating …

In-service structural health monitoring of composite aircraft structures plays a key role in the
assessment of their performance and integrity. In recent years, Fibre Optic Sensors (FOS) …

Conventional strain sensors based on metals and semiconductors are rigid and cannot
measure soft and stretchable objects. Thus, new strain sensors based on …

Nonlinear fiber optics concerns with the nonlinear optical phenomena occurring inside
optical fibers. Although the field ofnonlinear optics traces its beginning to 1961, when a ruby …

We review the recent developments in the area of optical fiber grating sensors, including
quasi-distributed strain sensing using Bragg gratings, systems based on chirped gratings …

The current status of optical fiber sensors is reviewed. The optical fiber sensors have certain
advantages that include immunity to electromagnetic interference, lightweight, small size …

In-fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are one of the most exciting developments in the field of
optical fibre sensors in recent years. Compared with conventional fibre-optic sensors, FBG …

MAY 2000 PHYSICS TODAY 61 (quasar luminosity functions), while others are barely
covered (quasar absorption lines; these are treated more thoroughly in Peterson's An …

In-service structural health monitoring (SHM) of engineering structures has assumed a
significant role in assessing their safety and integrity. Fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors …

" Offers and up-to-date assessment of the entire field of diffraction gratings, including history,
physics, manufacture, testing, and instrument design. Furnishes--for the first time in a single …