Surface-bonded and embedded optical fibers as ultrasonic sensors

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 5191-5197

  Pierce, S G ^a   Philp, W R ^a   Gachagan, A ^a   Mc Nab, A ^a   Hayward, G ^a   Culshaw, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Fiber optic sensors; Nondestructive testing; Smart structures; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; INTERFEROMETERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL PANELS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBERS; MACH-ZEHNDER FIBER INTERFEROMETERS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SURFACE BONDED OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRASONIC LAMB WAVES; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030243017     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005191     Document Type: Article

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