Novel data processing techniques for dispersive white light interferometer

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3165-3171

  Qi, Bing ^a   Plckrell, Gary R ^a   Xu, JunCheng ^a   Zhang, Po ^a   Duan, Yuhong ^a   Peng, Wel ^a   Huang, Zhenyu ^a   Huo, Wel ^a   Xiao, Hai ^a   May, Russell G ^a   Wang, Anbo ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensor; Temperature compensation; White light interferometer

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; DATA PROCESSING; DEMODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0347063932     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1613958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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