Historical Review of Microbend Fiber-Optic Sensors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1193-1199

  Berthold, John W ^a  

^a BABCOCK AND WILCOX COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MICROBEND SENSORS; VIBRATION INDUCED INTENSITY MODULATION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0029343975     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.400697     Document Type: Article

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