Low coherence technique to characterise reflectivity and time delay as a function of wavelength within a long fibre grating

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 757-758

  Volanthen, M ^a   Geiger, H ^a   Cole, M J ^a   Laming, R I ^a   Dakin, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre optic sensors; Gratings in fibres; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

INTERROGATION WAVELENGTH; LONG FIBRE BRAGG GRATING; OPTICAL COHERENCE DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TUNABLE LASER SYSTEM; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE REFLECTOR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0030130261     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960505     Document Type: Article

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