Polarization effects in the Sagnac-Michelson distributed disturbance location sensor

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1404-1412

  Chtcherbakov, Anatoli A ^a   Swart, Pieter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birefringence; Distributed optical fiber sensors; Polarization effects; Sagnac Michelson interferometer

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

COSINE RESPONSE; DISTRIBUTED DISTURBANCE DETECTION; POLARIZATION EFFECTS; SAGNAC-MICHELSON INTERFEROMETRIC SENSOR; SINE RESPONSE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032140289     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.704606     Document Type: Article

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