Long-term stable sapphire fiber Bragg grating sensors at 1400°C

We tested the long term stability of first order Sapphire Fiber Bragg gratings (SFBG) at 1400°C for a period of 28 days in air. During the whole period temperatures detected by the SFBG differed less than ±2K°C from the temperatures measured by a type B thermocouple. The spectra at the beginning and the end of the installation were identical. The reliable practical application of wavelength-multiplexed two-grating SFBG arrays for quasi-distributed sensing at very high temperatures has been demonstrated.