Strain-independent temperature measurement by use of a fluorescence intensity ratio technique in optical fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3050-3052

  Wade, Scott A ^a   Collins, Stephen F ^a   Grattan, Kenneth T V ^b   Baxter, Gregory W ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY RATIOS (FIR);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0000678619     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003050     Document Type: Article

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