Static fiber-Bragg grating strain sensing using frequency-locked lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1849-1855

  Arie, Ady ^a   Lissak, Boaz ^a   Tur, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING; FREQUENCY DRIFT; FREQUENCY LOCKED LASERS; STATIC STRAIN INTERROGATION TECHNIQUE;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033317119     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.793765     Document Type: Article

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