Miniature optical fibre ultrasonic hydrophone using a Fabry-Perot polymer film interferometer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 801-803

  Beard, P C ^a   Mills, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre optic sensors; Hydrophones; Light interferometers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FILMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HYDROPHONES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL FIBER HYDROPHONE; POLYMER FILM; ULTRASONIC HYDROPHONE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031118065     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970545     Document Type: Article

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