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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2017)

Published: July 31, 2017

Pages: 53-58

Original Article

Effect of Temperature Variations on Strain Response of Polymer Bragg Grating Optical Fibers

Hisham K. Hisham 1
1Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Basra University, Basra, Iraq
History
  • Received: May 31, 2017
  • Available Online: July 31, 2017
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.13.1.7

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical analysis for the effect of temperature variations on the strain response of polymer optical fiber (POF) Bragg gratings. Results show that the dependence of the Bragg wavelength (λ B ) upon strain and temperature variations for the POF Bragg gratings is lies within the range of 0.462 – 0.470 fm με -1 °C -1 compare with 0.14 – 0.15 fm με -1 °C -1 for the SOFs Bragg gratings. Also, results show that the strain response for the POF Bragg gratings changed on average by 1.034 ± 0.02fm με - important for strain sensor applications especially in the environments where the temperature change.

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