@article{10902/2624, year = {2013}, month = {7}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/2624}, abstract = {A processing scheme able to obtain any arbitrary intragrating strain distribution of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and demonstrated. The processing method employs just the intensity of the FBG reflection spectrum to obtain its deformation profile by combining a geometrical processing scheme with the particle swarm optimization technique. The technique has been evaluated using several spectra generated from very heterogeneous strain distributions and with a real spectrum obtained from a 5 mm length FBG under an asymmetric perturbation. The achieved results exhibit a good spatial resolution (Δ≈0.5 mm) and repeatability.}, organization = {This work has been supported by the project TEC2010-20224-C02-02 and grant AP2009-1403}, publisher = {The Optical Society (OSA)}, publisher = {Optics Letters, 2013, 38(13), 2327-2329}, title = {Recovering a fiber Bragg grating axial strain distribution from its reflection spectrum}, author = {Rodríguez Cobo, Luis and Cobo García, Adolfo and López Higuera, José Miguel}, }