Review of the present status of optical fiber sensors

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-79

  Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber grating; Fiber optic gyroscope; Optical fiber current sensor; Optical fiber sensor

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GYROSCOPES; MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

DISTRIBUTED SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0038372367     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-5200(02)00527-8     Document Type: Article

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