An alternative fiber-optic backreflectance method for measurement of distances using a continuous wave laser

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 662-665

  Ilev, I ^a,c   Kumagai, H ^a   Toyoda, K ^a   Uttamchandani, D ^b   Culshaw, B ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FOCUSING; HELIUM NEON LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MICROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC BACKREFLECTANCE; GAUSSIAN EQUATION; NUMERICAL APERTURES; POINT LOCATION; SINGLE MODE FIBER;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030108478     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1146838     Document Type: Article

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