Developing stable optical fiber refractometers using PMDI with two-parallel Fabry-Perots

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-54

  Lo, Yu Lung ^a   Lai, Hsin Yi ^a   Wang, Wern Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

PATH MATCHING DIFFERENTIAL INTERFEROMETERS (PMDI); WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033901954     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00368-8     Document Type: Article

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