Ultrasonic hydrophone based on short in-fiber Bragg gratings

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 34, 1998, Pages 8120-8128

  Fisher, N E ^a   Webb, D J ^a   Pannell, C N ^a   Jackson, D A ^a   Gavrilov, L R ^b   Hand, J W ^b   Zhang, L ^c   Bennion, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000434710     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008120     Document Type: Article

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