Performance of the fiber Bragg grating sensors at cryogenic temperatures

Abstract

The strain and temperature sensing performance of FBG are studied in the temperature range of 123K to 273K by the experiment. The temperature sensitive, strain coefficient and cross-sensitivity coefficient of the sensors are derived analytically and verified by experiments. It is found that they are nonlinear. Cross sensitivity increase with lower temperature. At a constant temperature, the Bragg wavelength shift is linear with the longitudinal strain within the range of 5000 micro strains.