A new approach to measuring displacement and temperature simultaneously by
use of a specially designed isosceles triangular cantilevered beam as a str
ain agent is demonstrated. A fiber Bragg grating epoxied onto the beam surf
ace is experimentally demonstrated to have a temperature sensitivity of sim
ilar to 0.113 nm/degrees C below 60 degrees C and a displacement sensitivit
y of 9.24 x 10(-2) nm/mm. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 0
50.2770, 060.2310, 060.2340, 060.2370, 130.6010, 230.1480.