Following are the drawbacks or disadvantages of a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensor: It is thermally sensitive. It is difficult to demodulate wavelength shift. It is difficult to discriminate wavelength shift due to temperature and strain. Fiber Bragg gratings are currently widely used to work in conditions of strong electromagnetic interference caused by pulsed magnetic fields, powerful ultrahigh frequency radiation, radio transmitting devices, and other sources of interference. It offers unique wavelength multiplexing capability for the installation of an optical data bus network.
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