Novel piezoelectric actuators for tuning an optical fiber Bragg grating

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2448-2455

  Allison, Sidney G ^a   Fox, Robert L ^a   Froggatt, Mark E ^a   Childers, Brooks A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber Bragg grating; Piezoelectric actuator; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FIBER LASERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL FIBER BRAGG GRATING; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0036812160     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1504723     Document Type: Article

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