An optical fibre ethanol concentration sensor utilizing fourier transform signal processing analysis and artificial neural network pattern recognition

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  King, D ^a   Lyons, W B ^a   Flanagan, C ^a   Lewis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Discrete Fourier transform; Measurement; Optical fibre sensor; Optical time domain reflectometry; Pattern recognition; U bend

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MULTIPOINT SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0042306315     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/4/357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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