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