Fiber Bragg grating(FBG) like other optical fiber sensor also has the merit of embedding capability. To increase their actual value related to embedding capability, this paper reported the reliability and signal characteristics of FBGs embedded in composite laminates. The microphotographs of embbed optical fibers visualized the embedding environments of stripped optical fibers and coated optical fibers. Based on these microphotographs and cure monitoring perfomed using FBGs, we could understand that the main cause breaking the unique Bragg condition of low-birefrigence FBG were residual stress after curing and reported the state of stress/strain of optical fiber quantitatively. The cure monitoring also showed the history of splitting peak of a stripped FBG along cure processing. In addition, we could obtain a transverse insensitive grating(TIG) with ease by recoating a stripped FBG. TIG has good advantage for real-time signal processing.
Fiber Bragg grating(FBG) like other optical fiber sensor also has the merit of embedding capability. To increase their actual value related to embedding capability, this paper reported the reliability and signal characteristics of FBGs embedded in composite laminates. The microphotographs of embbed optical fibers visualized the embedding environments of stripped optical fibers and coated optical fibers. Based on these microphotographs and cure monitoring perfomed using FBGs, we could understand that the main cause breaking the unique Bragg condition of low-birefrigence FBG were residual stress after curing and reported the state of stress/strain of optical fiber quantitatively. The cure monitoring also showed the history of splitting peak of a stripped FBG along cure processing. In addition, we could obtain a transverse insensitive grating(TIG) with ease by recoating a stripped FBG. TIG has good advantage for real-time signal processing.
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