Recent progress in fibre optic low-coherence interferometry

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 981-999

  Rao, Yun Jiang ^a,b,c   Jackson, David A ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FIBER OPTICS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FIBRE OPTIC LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0030190637     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/7/7/001     Document Type: Review

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