Influence of dispersion on sensitivity of highly birefringent fibers to temperature and hydrostatic pressure

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3176-3180

  Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^a   Bock, Wojtek J ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT FIBERS; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032072314     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003176     Document Type: Article

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