Verdet constant dispersion in annealed optical fiber current sensors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 803-807

  Rose, A H ^a,b,c,d   Etzel, S M ^a,e   Wang, C M ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FARADAY EFFECT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MAGNETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; SOLENOID MAGNET;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031139154     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.580818     Document Type: Article

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