title: Simultaneous temperature and strain measurements performed by a step-changed arc-induced long-period fiber grating.
abstract: A compact sensor based on step-changed arc-induced long-period fiber gratings was implemented to discriminate between temperature and strain. The proposed sensor consists of a single long-period grating with two sections written consecutively in the SMF-28 fiber using the electric arc discharge technique. The two sections have the same period but different fabrication parameters. The operation of the sensor relies on the existence of a difference between the values of temperature and strain sensitivity of two neighboring resonances observed in the spectrum of the step-changed grating. The temperature and strain resolutions obtained for the sensor are 0.2 degrees C and 35 micro epsilon, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Avenida do Atlântico, 4900-348 Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
authors.forename: Gaspar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rego
authors.forename: Rosane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Falate
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: José Luís
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Santos