Investigation of interferometric noise in fiber-optic gas sensors with use of wavelength modulation spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 28, 1997, Pages 7239-7246

  Jin, W ^a   Xu, Y Z ^a   Demokan, M S ^a   Stewart, G ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensors; Gas sensors; Interferometric noise

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODIODES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY;

INTERFEROMETRIC NOISE; OPTICAL FIBER GAS SENSING SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031247545     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007239     Document Type: Article

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