Distributed measurement of static strain in an optical fiber with multiple Bragg gratings at nominally equal wavelengths

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1741-1746

  Froggatt, Mark ^a   Moore, Jason ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000719104     PISSN: 00036935     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001741     Document Type: Article

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