McArdle, Conor J., Anandarajah, Prince M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-7335-8044, Nagar, Malhar A., Wei, Minghao, Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, Aleksandra and Janner, Davide
(2025)
High-Resolution FBG Strain Sensing With DualComb Interrogation and Optimized Signal Processing.
Journal of Lightwave Technology
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ISSN 1558-2213
Abstract
In this work, we present a high-resolution strain sensing system based on Dual Optical Frequency Comb (DOFC) interrogation of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs), employing optimized signal processing methods for both reflection and transmission spectra. Femtosecond (fs) written FBGs with nonuniform profiles with bandwidths of ∼0.5 nm were interrogated
using a mutually coherent DOFC generated by externally injected
gain-switched lasers (EI-GSL). Different algorithms were used to
process the DOFC signal to extract the FBG frequency shifts
caused by the various strain increments. Using these approaches,
we could detect strains with a sub-µε resolution (0.32 µε),
sensitivities ranging from 0.7 - 1 pm/µε, and a dynamic range of
422 µε. These methods increased low-strain sensitivity typical of
DOFC interrogation systems, enabling precise monitoring of
standard off-the-shelf fs-written FBGs. The DOFC system showed
enhanced linearity (R2 ∼0.98) and Figure of Merit (FoM - 2.58/µε)
at lower strains than a standard commercial interrogator (R2
∼0.82 and FoM – 0.88/µε). Our findings highlight the potential of
the DOFC-FBG interrogation as a powerful tool for real-time
high-resolution sensing applications, ranging from structural
health monitoring to biomedical diagnostics.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dual optical frequency comb, externally injected gain-switched lasers, fiber Bragg gratings, high-resolution strain sensing, signal processing, static strain sensing |
| Subjects: | Business > Electronic commerce |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering |
| Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Official URL: | https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.dcu.idm.oclc.org/xpl/R... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 31084 |
| Deposited On: | 27 May 2025 10:39 by Gordon Kennedy . Last Modified 27 May 2025 10:39 |
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