Fiber optic sensor technology: An overview

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-61

  Grattan, K T V ^a   Sun, T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DEMODULATION; FIBER LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

BRAGG SENSORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPATIAL DETECTORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033749087     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(99)00368-4     Document Type: Article

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