Optical fiber strain gauge based on a tapered single-mode fiber

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 90-96

  Arregui, Francisco J ^a   Matías, Ignacio R ^a   López Amo, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STRAIN GAGES;

DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBER STRAIN GAUGES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0343867291     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(99)00272-1     Document Type: Article

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