Single-crystal ruby fiber temperature sensor

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 24-29

  Seat, H C ^a   Sharp, J H ^a   Zhang, Z Y ^b   Grattan, K T V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optic; Ruby; Sensor; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TESTING; PATTERN MATCHING; RUBY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FIBER FLUORESCENCE PROPERTY; FIBER OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR; GEOMETRICAL MATCHING; HIGH RESOLUTION MEASUREMENT; SINGLE CRYSTAL RUBY SENSOR;

FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0037201874     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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