High spatial resolution temperature field measurements by apodized short fiber Bragg grating sensors

To realize the high spatial resolution measurement of the temperature field, a temperature sensor array composed of eight apodized short fiber Bragg gratings with grating length of 1 mm and spatial spacing of 2 mm are fabricated. To suppress the side lobes, apodization methods by single-slit diffraction are designed. The sensor array is proposed to measure the real-time temperature distribution. The experimental results show that the temperature-sensing array can accurately measure the temperature field distribution with high spatial resolution and rapid response.