Ultrafast Laser Processing of Optical Fibers for Sensing Applications

A review of recent progress in the use of infrared femtosecond lasers to fabricate optical fiber sensors that incorporate fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) and random fiber gratings (RFG) is presented. The important advancements in femtosecond laser writing based on the phase mask technique now allow throu...

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Published in:	Sensors
Main Authors:	Stephen J. Mihailov, Cyril Hnatovsky, Nurmemet Abdukerim, Robert B. Walker, Ping Lu, Yanping Xu, Xiaoyi Bao, Huimin Ding, Manny De Silva, David Coulas, Dan Grobnic
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Subjects:	fiber Bragg gratings random fiber gratings femtosecond laser fiber optic sensor
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1447

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