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Polymer Optical Fiber Bragg Grating

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Polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) are attracting increasingly more attention of researchers because of their potential sensing applications. This chapter presents the state of the art of the POFBG research, including its fabrication and properties and some typical applications. Two common grating inscription methods, the phase mask technique and the interferometric technique, are compared. Properties of POFBGs including their thermal, humidity, and strain responses are reviewed. Finally a few typical applications of POFBGs are described.

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Zhifeng, Z. (2015). Polymer Optical Fiber Bragg Grating. In: Tao, X. (eds) Handbook of Smart Textiles. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-45-1_27

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