Determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of an anisotropic material with Bragg grating interferometers

Pieter L. Swart; Anatoli A. Chtcherbakov; A. Japie van Wyk

doi:10.1117/12.623586

23 May 2005 Determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of an anisotropic material with Bragg grating interferometers

Pieter L. Swart, Anatoli A. Chtcherbakov, A. Japie van Wyk

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Proceedings Volume 5855, 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623586
Event: 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2005, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

This paper introduces a fibre-optic interferometric technique for experimental determination of the coefficients of thermal expansion of anisotropic solids. It is based on the use of three low-finesse fibre Bragg grating Fabry-Perot interferometers of different lengths. Expressions are derived for the coefficients of thermal expansion in terms of the phase shift per unit cavity length of the individual interferometers. Measurements of the coefficients of thermal expansion of a specific type of rolled steel yielded values of 12.7 x 10^-6 °C^-1 and 7.5 x 10^-6 °C^-1 in the axial and the transverse direction respectively.

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Pieter L. Swart, Anatoli A. Chtcherbakov, and A. Japie van Wyk "Determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of an anisotropic material with Bragg grating interferometers", Proc. SPIE 5855, 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, (23 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623586

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