Limitation of absorption-based fiber optic gas sensors by coherent reflections

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6251-6255

  Jin, W ^a   Stewart, G ^b   Philp, W ^b   Culshaw, B ^b   Demokan, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent reflections; Fiber optic sensors; Gas sensors; Interferometric noise

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; LASERS; PERFORMANCE;

COHERENT REFLECTIONS; FIBER OPTIC GAS SENSORS; INTERFERENCE NOISE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031233666     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006251     Document Type: Article

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