Optical Fibre Grating Refractometers for Resin Cure Monitoring.
Date
2007-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Institute of Physics
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Type
Article
ISSN
1464-4258
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Citation
S J Buggy, E Chehura, S W James and R P Tatam, Optical fibre grating refractometers for resin cure monitoring. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, Volume 9, Number 6, June 2007 pg S60
Abstract
The use of fibre grating refractometers as a means of monitoring the cure of a UVcured epoxy resin is presented. The wavelength shift of the attenuation bands of a long period grating and the spectral response of a tilted fibre Bragg grating sensor were measured simultaneously during the cure of the resin and compared with measurements made using a fibre optic Fresnel based refractometer. The results showed a good correlation (6 x 10 -3 rius) and illustrate the potential of the techniques for non-invasive composite material cure monitoring.
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Software Description
Software Language
Github
Keywords
optical fibre sensor, refractive index, cure monitoring, fibre gratings