Fiber-optic strain-displacement sensor employing nonlinear buckling

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2944-2946

  Voss, Karl F ^a   Wanser, Keith H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber bending loss; Fiber optics; Fiber optic sensors; Strain sensors

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FIBER BENDING LOSS; NONLINEAR BUCKLING; STRAIN SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031145834     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002944     Document Type: Article

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