Optical generation and detection of ultrasound

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Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Sorazu, B ^a   Thursby, G ^a   Culshaw, B ^a   Dong, F ^a   Pierce, S G ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Betz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg gratings; Fibre optic interferometry; NDT; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SCANNING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FIBER OPTIC INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL DETECTION TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL GENERATION; OPTICAL-BASED TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND WORK;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0141522895     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1305.2003.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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