Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement with a single fiber Bragg grating based on the polarization properties analysis

In this paper, a new technique for discrimination of temperature and strain exploiting the polarization properties of a single normal fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is firstly proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The spectral characterization of the differential group delay (DGD) of the FBG is studied. The evolution of the DGD response of the FBG as a function of temperature and strain is analyzed. The numerical simulations and experimental results suggest that implementing two independent measurements of the resonance wavelength shift and the changes of the DGD can discriminate the temperature and strain effects.