Investigation of unwanted interferometric signals in a fiber Bragg grating sensor using a tunable laser and a first derivative interrogation technique

Optics Communications

Volumn 173, Issue 1-6, 2000, Pages 203-210

  Chan, C C ^a   Gong, J M ^b   Jin, W ^a   Demokan, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR; FIRST DERIVATIVE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUE; TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH DETECTION ERROR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033880108     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00664-1     Document Type: Article

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