A simple fiber-optic sensor for use over a large displacement range

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-304

  Sienkiewicz, F ^a   Shukla, A ^a  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL SENSORS; TESTING;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031273480     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(97)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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