Research Article
Enhanced Strain Measurement Sensitivity with Gold Nanoparticle-Doped Distributed Optical Fibre Sensing
Table 2
The parameters used for the simulations.
| Parameter | Value |
| Diameter of the core of the optical fibre | 9.5 | Numerical aperture of the optical fibre | 0.13 at 1550 nm (1550BHP, Thorlabs) | Gauge lengths | 0.1069 cm, 0.2138 cm, 0.3207 cm, 0.4276 cm, 0.5345 cm, 0.6414 cm, 0.7483 cm, 0.8552 cm, 0.9621 cm, and 1.0690 cm | Strain range | −3000 to 3000 | Strain interval | 100 | Number of the NPs | 100 | Wavelength ranges | 1545–1555 nm, 1540–1560 nm, and 1530–1570 nm |
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