Distributed and multiplexed fibre grating sensors, including discussion of problem areas

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 391-399

  Dahin, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Fibre optic sensors; Instrumentation; Optics; Strain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MULTIPLEXING; STRAIN;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033732385     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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