1 × N star coupler as a distributed fiber-optic strain sensor in a white-light interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 4168-4172

  Yuan, Libo ^a   Zhou, Limin ^b  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

DISTRIBUTED STRAIN SENSOR; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETER;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0032123830     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004168     Document Type: Article

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