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The most common technique used to process FBGs for HT applications is the regeneration procedure (RP), which typically extends their use up to 1000      \u2218    C. RP involves a long-term annealing of the FBGs, to be done at a temperature ranging from 550 to 950      \u2218    C. As at that temperature, the original coating of the FBGs would burn out, they shall stay uncoated, and their brittleness is a serious concern to deal with. Depositing a metal coating on the FBGs prior to process them for RP offers an effective solution to provide them with the necessary mechanical strengthening. In this paper, a procedure to provide the FBG with a bimetallic coating made by copper and nickel electrodeposition (ED) is proposed, discussing issues related to the coating morphology, adherence to the fiber, and effects on the grating spectral response. To define the processing parameters of the proposed procedure, production tests were performed on dummy samples which were used for destructive SEM\u2013EDS analysis. As a critical step, the proposed procedure was shown to necessitate a heat treatment after the nickel ED, to remove the absorbed hydrogen. The spectral response of the FBG samples was monitored along the various steps of the proposed procedure and, as a final proof test for adherence stability of the bimetallic coating, along a heating\/cooling cycle from room temperature to 1010      \u2218    C. The results suggest that, given the emergence of Kirkendall voids at the copper\u2013nickel interface, occurring at the highest temperatures (700\u20131010      \u2218    C), the bimetallic layer could be employed as FBG coating up to 700      \u2218    C.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19183824","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,5]],"date-time":"2019-09-05T03:22:36Z","timestamp":1567653756000},"page":"3824","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Critical Issues of Double-Metal Layer Coating on FBG for Applications at High Temperatures"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4096-3592","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carla","family":"Lupi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department ICMA, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7527-8096","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ferdinando","family":"Felli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department ICMA, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2380-3159","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro","family":"Dell\u2019Era","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department SBAI, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7673-3556","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erwin","family":"Ciro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department ICMA, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5728-3123","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michele","family":"Caponero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ENEA CR Frascati, Frascati, 00044 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1226-4903","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hypolito","family":"Kalinowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Jaineiro, 24210-240 Niter\u00f3i, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0793-4052","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristian","family":"Vendittozzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade de Bras\u00edlia, 72444-240 Gama Bras\u00edlia-DF, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kashyap, R. 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