TY - JOUR N2 - This paper presents the implementation of a thinned fibre Bragg grating as a fuel adulteration sensor for volatile organic compounds. The proposed sensor can detect upto 10% adulteration of benzene, toluene and xylene: hydrocarbons precisely, whereas traditional methods can detect only upto 20% adulteration. The results obtained from the experiments are verified using Finite Difference Time Domain method. It is found that experimental results have very less deviation from simulation results. The proposed sensor provides us with the new possibility that may have commercial application, as well. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116145/PDF/opelre_2015_31.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116145 PY - 2015 IS - No 4 EP - 238 KW - fibre Bragg gratings KW - sensors KW - fuel adulteration KW - FDTD method A1 - Agarwal, S. A1 - Prajapati, Y.K. A1 - Mishra, V. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences (under the auspices of the Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication) and Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in cooperation with Military University of Technology VL - vol. 23 DA - 07.10.2015 T1 - Thinned fibre Bragg grating as a fuel adulteration sensor : simulation and experimental study SP - 231 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/116145 T2 - Opto-Electronics Review ER -