Quasi-distributed fiber-optic strain sensor: Principle and experiment

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3176-3181

  Zhao, Yang ^a   Ansari, Farhad ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

DISTRIBUTED SENSING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0001695242     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003176     Document Type: Article

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