Analysis of a low-finesse Fabry–Perot sensing interferometer illuminated by a multimode optical fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 7026-7034

  Pérennès, Frédéric ^a,b   Beard, Paul C ^a   Mills, Tim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0002736868     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007026     Document Type: Article

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