Vibration sensor using optical-fiber cantilever with bulb-lens

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 178-183

  Kimura, Mitsuteru ^a   Toshima, Katsuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulb lens; Cantilevers; Micromachining; Optical fiber sensors; Vibration sensors

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROMACHINING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BULB LENS; OPTICAL FIBER CANTILEVERS; VIBRATION SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032050913     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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