Abstract:
A fiber Bragg grating cross-wire sensor may be used to independently determine strain and temperature variation. An example fiber Bragg grating cross-wire sensor comprises a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) that reflects a first percentage, R 1 , of light of a first wavelength, λ 1 , and a second FBG that reflects a second percentage, R2, of light of a second wavelength, λ 2 . The second FBG is positioned orthogonal to the first FBG, and λ 1 is substantially equal to λ 2 , but R 1 is different from R 2 . As the FBG cross- wire sensor experiences a strain and/or a temperature variation, the wavelengths of light reflected by the first FBG and the second FBG will shift from the first and second wavelength, λ 1 and λ 2 , to first and second shifted wavelengths, λ A and λ T , respectively. Based on R 1 R 2 , λ 1 , λ A , and XT, the strain and/or the temperature variation may be independently determined..